Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State yesterday said dialogue remained the only solution to the lingering protests over marginalization in the South-east.
Ganduje spoke when he visited the headquarters of Daily Trust newspapers in Abuja.
He allayed the fears of large population of Igbos in Kano over the possibility of reprisals, following what he considered as untrue report that a mosque was bombed in Anambra state.
“Virtually, no mosque was bombed. I had a meeting with non-indigenes. They said they were not party to Biafra because they are not even non-indigenes in Kano. They said they were indigenes of Kano state with primordial claim of locality where they were born.
“I assure them that we are conscious of the situation. We have been talking to the Ulama and traditional system that Kano should be in peace. I believe this is working,” he added.
He attributed the friction between governors and deputy governors in the country to “political atmosphere and the Nigerian factor,” saying the constitution had assigned the functions to the deputy governors.
He dismissed the purported cracks in the Kwankwasiyya movement, stressing that the group is still intact.
He blamed the purported crisis on sycophants who created problems by comparing the former government with the new one because they could not get what they wanted from the present administration.
“I held meetings with media managers, especially radio stations. We all agreed that the system should not be overheated with the Kwankwasiyya movement. No two people will be the same. The objectives are the same but the implementation can’t be the same. The people who initiated the Kwankwansiyya movement are still there. You know the movement needs to be fine-tuned because of the economic situation and political atmosphere. But there is nothing like Gandusiyya,” he said.
He said the government of Kano was reforming the micro-finance banks in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), following the discovery of fraudulent activities.
He said the restructuring would facilitate the efforts to get money through the CBN and encourage the entrepreneurs.
He used the visit to condole the management of Media Trust Limited over the death of Hajiya Bilikisu Yusuf, praying Allah to grant her Aljanatu firdaus.
Ganduje spoke when he visited the headquarters of Daily Trust newspapers in Abuja.
He allayed the fears of large population of Igbos in Kano over the possibility of reprisals, following what he considered as untrue report that a mosque was bombed in Anambra state.
“Virtually, no mosque was bombed. I had a meeting with non-indigenes. They said they were not party to Biafra because they are not even non-indigenes in Kano. They said they were indigenes of Kano state with primordial claim of locality where they were born.
“I assure them that we are conscious of the situation. We have been talking to the Ulama and traditional system that Kano should be in peace. I believe this is working,” he added.
He attributed the friction between governors and deputy governors in the country to “political atmosphere and the Nigerian factor,” saying the constitution had assigned the functions to the deputy governors.
He dismissed the purported cracks in the Kwankwasiyya movement, stressing that the group is still intact.
He blamed the purported crisis on sycophants who created problems by comparing the former government with the new one because they could not get what they wanted from the present administration.
“I held meetings with media managers, especially radio stations. We all agreed that the system should not be overheated with the Kwankwasiyya movement. No two people will be the same. The objectives are the same but the implementation can’t be the same. The people who initiated the Kwankwansiyya movement are still there. You know the movement needs to be fine-tuned because of the economic situation and political atmosphere. But there is nothing like Gandusiyya,” he said.
He said the government of Kano was reforming the micro-finance banks in conjunction with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), following the discovery of fraudulent activities.
He said the restructuring would facilitate the efforts to get money through the CBN and encourage the entrepreneurs.
He used the visit to condole the management of Media Trust Limited over the death of Hajiya Bilikisu Yusuf, praying Allah to grant her Aljanatu firdaus.
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