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APC Group Accuses Kano Government of Underperformance

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Alhaji Usman Alhaji addressing the Press

<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;"OTlilrS6" 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>A group known as the APC Patriotic Volunteers has strongly criticized the New Nigeria People’s Party &lpar;NNPP&rpar; government in Kano State&comma; describing its two-year administration as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;total failure marred by mismanagement&comma; lawlessness&comma; and propaganda&period;”<&sol;p><div class&equals;"UpBo7PV9" 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>Speaking at a press conference in Ka on Wednesday&comma; the group&comma; led by its National President&comma; Alhaji Usman Alhaji &lpar;Wazirin Gaya&rpar;&comma; outlined a series of alleged failures under the administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These include unfulfilled promises in education and infrastructure&comma; as well as a blatant disregard for court rulings&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This administration has failed to honour the rule of law and has continued to operate with impunity&comma;” the group alleged&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the APC Patriotic Volunteers&comma; the NNPP-led administration has &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;virtually nothing to show” for the billions of naira received from the Federation Account Allocation Committee &lpar;FAAC&rpar;&comma; Internally Generated Revenue &lpar;IGR&rpar;&comma; and other sources&period; They attributed this lack of visible achievement to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;petty sentiments&comma; lack of clear-cut policy direction&comma; poor implementation&comma; and the appointment of incompetent individuals to manage state affairs&period;”<&sol;p><div class&equals;"lIrDgLAb" 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>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group expressed particular concern over the persistent water crisis&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The governor himself admitted failure in water supply&comma; yet the Ministry of Water Resources claimed to have spent N1&period;68 billion on utilities in just three months&comma;” they said&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Meanwhile&comma; residents continue to suffer from acute water scarcity&period;” They accused the administration of insincerity and mismanagement&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;<&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>The Volunteers also condemned the NNPP government’s widespread demolitions of buildings and structures across the state&comma; describing it as a &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;gross violation of the rule of law&period;” They said the demolitions caused &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;loss of property worth billions of naira and several lives&comma;” and noted that the government failed to respect court rulings on cases such as the K&sol;Mata Eid Ground and Daula Hotel&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was reported that on education&comma; the group dismissed the state government’s declaration of an emergency and the allocation of 31&percnt; of the 2025 budget to the sector as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;mere propaganda&period;” They claimed that public schools&comma; especially in rural areas&comma; remain in poor condition&comma; with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;overcrowded classrooms&comma; overworked teachers&comma; and a lack of learning materials&period;” According to them&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the so-called emergency on education is nothing but a deceit&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They further criticized the NNPP administration for undermining local government autonomy&comma; describing it as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;a betrayal of President Tinubu’s efforts to strengthen governance at the grassroots&period;” The group alleged that local councils were recently forced to contribute funds for the reinstatement of Emir Sanusi II&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;even though a court order had directed all parties to maintain the status quo&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group raised serious concerns over corruption and media suppression&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Despite uncovering ghost workers and diversion of Ramadan feeding funds&comma; no serious action has been taken&comma;” they said&period; They also condemned the government’s alleged attempt to silence dissenting voices by &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;banning live political programs on radio and ejecting media outlets from covering government activities&period;” The Nigerian Bar Association was commended for defending constitutional rights&comma; with the group noting&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We appreciate the NBA’s courage in standing up for democracy&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; the Volunteers demanded accountability for &dollar;6&period;6 million in external loans secured between June and December 2023 and over N5 billion in ecological funds&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There is no evidence that these funds were used effectively&comma; especially in addressing flood risks&comma;” they said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They criticized the handling of the Independent Power Project &lpar;IPP&rpar; initiated under the previous administration&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Instead of using the power to support water supply&comma; it was diverted to Kwankwasiyya Housing Estate&comma;” they claimed&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Meanwhile&comma; key infrastructure was left to decay&comma; worsening the water crisis&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&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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