A Chieftain of All Progressives Congress in Kano, Musa Iliyasu Kwankwaso has called on President Bola Tinubu to hold Kano state Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf responsible for the destruction, vandalization and lost of lives and property in Kano during the first day of anti-hunger protest.
Kwankwaso, who was a former Commissioner under the administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, stated this on Sunday in Kano while addressing newsmen on the protest as well as the achievements of the President Bola Tinubu in the last one year.
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He alleged that it was the state governor that called on the public to come out and protest and even said he would wait for them at the government house to receive their complaints and promised to forward it to the presidency for action.
However, he said, “The hungry and angry people engaged in mayhem and wanton destruction of lives and property for which the governor should take responsibility.
“In Kano, it was the governor who called the hungry and angry people to come out to protest. Now that people have been killed and property vandalized, he should take responsibility and pay the compensation.
“Let the victims seek the services of competent lawyers, go to court and seek compensation from the state. Because it was the governor who asked youths to come out to protest even as his boss Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has called on the people not to protest. He must pay for the compensation.
“As for what Senator Kwankwaso did, I commend him, it is true that we should prepare our votes against the 2027 election instead of engaging in protest.
“We are drawing the attention of Mr President to instruct the Kano state governor to pay the compensation for the damages, looting and loss of lives suffered by the people of Kano” he said .
He also blamed the state governors for the hardship being faced by the citizens saying that president Bola Tinubu had shared about N570 billion to all the states and is confident that Kano state had gotten not less than N50 billion.
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“With these availability of funds given to the governors, Nigerians should not be crying of hunger if properly utilized in human development projects.
“As I have stated, even the flyovers they are constructing is not part of the special allocation they received, it is the local government money, up to N15 billion. How can you take money from my local government and come and build bridges in the city? Is wrong.
He said the problem of the country is not with Mr President, but rather it is with governors. I am not isolating my own governor alone but all the governors. There are governors that are doing very well, you cannot generalize, but the problem is with the governors.
“You did not hear any of the 36 governors complaining over the removal of fuel subsidy because they are beneficiaries of the money. But they have not explained this to the grassroots. So let us be realistic.
“Let we the masses understand that the president and his vice, Kashim Shetima mean well for the people of the country.
“You should desist from destruction of property meant for your benefit. Especially the ICT hub of the NCC that was about to be commissioned when it was vandalized. If it had been allowed to be put to use, more than 11,000 persons will benefit from it from Kano.
“This is very shameful, it is a shame on us to have vandalized and destroyed that multimillion naira project” he stated.
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He lasted some of the projects the northwest is benefitting from this administration that include the resumption of the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano road, the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano Gas pipelines, the northwest development commission, the Zaria-Zamfara road among others.
He also said that President Bola Tinubu is there for the masses under his renewed hope agenda in which the Minister for Housing had since flagged off the construction of 1000 housing units each in Katsina, Kano, Yobe and some other states in southern part of the country.
