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Garo: The Kano Grassroots Mobiliser

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&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;"C1qp8UMW" 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>Kano is the political hotbed of Northern Nigeria where politics is usually played with vigour&comma; passion&comma; speed and drama&comma; and where you find no dull moments&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"QYK7wM48" 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>In Kano&comma; political activities pick up immediately after an election&comma; and continue to flourish till the next election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among such major political developments are the defections cum realignments of three gladiators &&num;8211&semi; leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement&comma; Sen&period; Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso&comma; and former Deputy Governor of the state&comma; Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo&comma; who recently defected from the NNPP to the ADC&comma; and another former Deputy Governor of the state&comma;Dr&period;Nasiru Gawuna&comma; who left the APC and moved to the ADC&period; These movements are described as the latest political tsunami sweeping across the ancient commercial state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Most outstanding of such political events is the recent resignation of the Deputy Governor of the state&comma; Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo&comma; following an impeachment notice served on him by the State House of Assembly&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"pe1OeDm9" 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>Comrade Gwarzo&&num;8217&semi;s resignation instantly gave birth to a flurry of schemings&comma; intrigues and jostling for the vacant position across the entire political spectrum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&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; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&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;&NewLine;<p>Among the notables reportedly jostling for the number two position is Hon&period; Murtala Sule Garo&comma; a former Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs under the Ganduje administration&comma; former Chairman of Kabo Local Government&comma; and the running mate of the APC governorship candidate in the 2023 general elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Others are Ismail Jibril Falgore&comma; the incumbent Speaker of the State House of Assembly&comma; and Salihu Sagir Takai&comma; a former Commissioner in the then Ibrahim Shekarau administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Political analysts and many stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar; believe that Hon&period; Murtala Sule Garo is the most qualified and suitable among the three contenders in view of his impeccable records both as a former Commissioner for Local Government&comma; Local Government Chairman&comma; as well as his grassroots political standing&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>They also posit that Garo&&num;8217&semi;s position as the running mate of the APC governorship candidate in the 2023 elections further gives him an edge over the other contenders&comma; as his selection to fair in the joint ticket testified to his wide acceptance and his electoral value&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The analysts further submit that Hon&period; Garo as the next Deputy Governor of Kano State will add value to the APC administration in the state in view of his vast experience in politics and public service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to them&comma; Garo will also bring to the Abba Kabir Yusuf administration and the APC a solid and well-oiled political structure that would boost their electoral fortunes in the 2027 general elections&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; sources close to the APC hierarchy have revealed that Hon&period; Murtala Sule Garo is the favoured candidate for the Deputy Governorship position&comma; and that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf may tip him to fill the vacant position&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to multiple sources&comma; Governor Yusuf may have chosen Garo for the post&comma; &&num;8220&semi;and God willing Garo will soon be the next Deputy Governor of Kano State&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The sources said the choice of Garo is in the spirit of inclusiveness&comma; consensus and political sagacity to move the state forward&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&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;<&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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