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Allegations of Underperformance Against Kano Government ,Baseless,Misleading And Watery -Tijjani Sarki

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"O1Ho97yu" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"7Zetyd39" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is truly baffling how individuals&comma; comfortably seated in their air-conditioned offices and who are detached from the realities on ground&comma; could issue such a watery&comma; unsubstantiated and misleading statement&comma; under the guise of public commentary&period; The recent publication by the so-called APC Patriotic Volunteers&comma; led by Alhaji Usman Alhaji the former Secretary to Kano State Government &lpar;self acclaimed Wazirin Gaya&rpar;&comma; reeks of desperation&comma; a feeble attempt to whitewash a sordid past and distract people from the genuine efforts being made by the NNPP-led administration under the capable leadership of His Excellency Engr&period; Abba Kabir Yusuf&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Ideally&comma; APC members should have buried their heads in shame&comma; for the atrocities they had committed&comma; which included&colon; mismanagement and misappropriation of the resources of Kano people&comma; self &&num;8211&semi; enrichment and misuse of public properties<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let us set the record straight&comma; point by point&colon;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"MHjZeCLv" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>1&period; Water Supply&colon; Mismanagement and Recovery<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is laughable and hypocritical for APC sympathizers to lament water scarcity when the current crisis is the direct fallout of years of neglect&comma; decay&comma; and mismanagement under their watch&period; The NNPP administration inherited a comatose water infrastructure but is already making measurable progress&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>i&period;Procurement of 10 high-capacity water pumps to revamp the state’s water supply system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>ii&period;Drilling of 6 industrial boreholes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ongoing rehabilitation of distribution networks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Your government never made such strategic or comprehensive interventions&period; Expecting instant results after years of neglect is unrealistic and disingenuous&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2&period; Education&colon; From Ruins to Revitalization<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The APC left Kano’s education sector in a deplorable state dilapidated classrooms&comma; underpaid and demoralized teachers&comma; zero strategic investment&comma; and no annual increments or promotions&period; Under Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>i&period;A State of Emergency on education was declared&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ii&period;Education budget allocations rose dramatically to 29&percnt; in 2024 and 31&percnt; in 2025 the highest in Kano’s history&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>iii&period;Hundreds of classrooms are being renovated and newly constructed across all LGAs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>iv&period;Recruitment of qualified teachers is underway to fill critical gaps neglected for years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To claim &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;little to see” is either blatant dishonesty or willful blindness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>3&period; Demolitions&colon; Restoring Public Purpose<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Yes&comma; demolitions have occurred&comma;but not out of vindictiveness&period; They are necessary actions to reclaim illegally acquired public lands&period; The APC shamelessly converted public assets and green spaces into private estates for cronies&comma; including Filin Idi&comma; Race Course&comma; Kundila Housing Estate&comma; State Road civil servant quarters&comma; and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unlike your era of privatization and land grabbing&comma; the current government is restoring these spaces to serve public needs schools&comma; hospitals&comma; roads&comma; and green areas&period; This is justice&comma; not chaos&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>4&period; Independent Power Project &lpar;IPP&rpar;&colon; Clarifying the Facts<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The IPP was not an APC initiative&period; It was inherited in a fragmented state and was being deliberately dismantled&period; The NNPP administration intervened to restore the original plan and ensure electricity reaches strategic areas like Kwankwasiyya and Amana Cities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Even if you argue these estates benefit a few&comma; remember that Kwankwasiyya City is the largest single housing estate in Kano state&period; When completed&comma; it will significantly boost the state’s socio-economic prospects unlike the empty infrastructure projects under your administration&comma; which served contractors more than the people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>5&period; Silencing Opposition&quest; Promoting Responsible Media<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>No media house has been banned for airing opposition views&period; The recent agreement among media executives aimed to curb vulgar&comma; indisciplined&comma; and defamatory political programming that promotes hate speech and misinformation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>no fewer than 262 broadcast violations relating to politics and personality attacks were recorded in Kano State<br &sol;>&NewLine;within just two months &lpar;January–February 2025&rpar;&period; Would you prefer we continue down a path that inevitably leads to unrest&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>6&period; Ecological Funds&colon; Tangible Actions<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There is no dispute about the receipt of ecological funds&period; The difference lies in tangible project execution&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>i&period;Bulbulawa in Ungogo LGA now has active erosion control works after years of neglect&comma;by your administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ii&period;Wailari and several other erosion control projects are ongoing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>iii&period;Drainage rehabilitation and flood prevention are progressing in multiple roads in state capital and some LGAs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you cannot acknowledge this progress&comma; at least refrain from misleading the public&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>7&period; External Borrowing and Transparency<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Your administration was infamous for accruing debts without transparency or accountability&period; We challenge you to publicly disclose&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The total debts acquired under the Ganduje administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Detailed reports on how those debts were utilized&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The NNPP administration&comma; unlike yours&comma; has not taken any foreign loans since assuming office&period; The books are open for public scrutiny&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>8&period; Salary and Pension Irregularities&colon; Accountability in Action<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Irregularities discovered in April salary payments were promptly addressed with disciplinary actions a hallmark of transparency&period; Contrast this with your tenure&comma; where&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>i&period;Civil servants were often unaware of their exact salary figures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>ii&period;Salaries and pensions were arbitrarily cut&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>iv&period;Payroll fraud thrived unchecked with ghost workers on the payroll&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>v&period; Under your administration hundreds of pensioners died without receiving their legitimate gratuity after serving the state fir over 30 years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>9&period; Local Government Autonomy and Emirate Disputes<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Pretending to champion local government autonomy is hollow when your government controlled all 44 LGAs as mere extensions of the State Executive Council&period; The current administration is working to ensure LGAs are governed by elected officials&comma; not puppets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Regarding the Emirate dispute&comma; it remains a matter before competent courts&period; The NNPP government consistently respects the rule of law&comma; unlike your blatant disregard for multiple court rulings during your demolition excesses&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>10&period; Legitimacy and Performance<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is irresponsible to brand this government &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;illegitimate” when INEC declared it the winner and courts upheld the results&period; Attempts to rewrite history with propaganda only tarnish the APC’s already dwindling reputation in Kano&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Instead of bitter attacks&comma; the APC should answer&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Why were schools left in ruins&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Why was water unavailable for years despite billions spent&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Why were public properties sold to cronies&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Why were debts piled without meaningful progress&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>CONCLUSION<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The NNPP-led Kano State Government under Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf may not be perfect&comma; but it is genuinely working restoring sanity&comma; investing in people&comma; and rebuilding Kano from the ruins your administration left behind&period; Your desperate attempt to undermine these efforts with long-winded propaganda filled with half-truths and unverified allegations insults the intelligence of the Kano people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We urge the APC to come forward with facts or allow this government to work in peace&period; The people of Kano know better now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Signed&colon;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Tijjani Sarki&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Secretary General&comma;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Eye on Kano Initiative<br &sol;>&NewLine;Kano&comma; Nigeria<br &sol;>&NewLine;11th June 2025<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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