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LG chairman in Kano appoints 55 aides

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The Chairman of Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano State, Hassan Farawa, on Wednesday, disclosed that he has appointed about 55 special advisers and assistants, to help him in the discharge of his duties.

This comes barely four weeks after Ripples Nigeria reported that a Councillor representing the Guringawa ward in the same LGA, Muslihu Yusuf Ali, on March 10, appointed 18 people to serve as his aides.

Speaking at the inauguration of the new appointees, Farawa commended the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, for his commitment to eradicating poverty in the state, and thanked the state’s acting chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas and the Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Alhaji Murtala Garo, for their support.

He charged the new appointees to discharge their duties diligently to move the local government to the next level.

Also, Farawa called upon the new appointees to be good ambassadors, and as well avoid anything that would tarnish the image of the Local Government and Kano State, in general.

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NLC suspends planned industrial action in Kano

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The Organised Labour has suspended the three-day warning strike earlier scheduled to begin today (Thursday) in Kano State, over deductions from workers salary for March by the state government.

The Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Najeem Yasin, disclosed this on Wednesday night, at a joint news conference with other labour movements and affiliates in Kano, after a meeting with delegates from the State government, led by the state’s Head of Civil Service, Hajia Binta Lawan Ahmed.

It would be recalled that the NLC, last week, gave a seven-day ultimatum to the state government to refund the “illegal deduction” from civil servant salaries, or face industrial action.

Similarly, the labour leaders said if the government failed to stop the “unexplained” deductions before the end of its ultimatum, which was on Tuesday, April 6, workers would embark on a three-day warning strike from midnight of Wednesday 7, April.

However, the leadership of labour groups attended a closed-door meeting with the team from the state government and reached a resolution.

Meanwhile, rumours making the round say that the state government planned to revert to the N18,000 minimum wage it was previously implementing.

However, updating newsmen on the resolutions reached, Yasin said the state government denied the rumour and affirmed its determination to respect the agreement of N30,600 signed between the state government and organised labour in December 2019.

Also, March 2021 workers’ salaries deduction at State and Local government Councils should be refunded to workers along with April or May salaries depending on the increase of FAAC allocation for the period,’’ he said.

He noted that the state government also agreed that all machinery for the implementation of the new national minimum wage of N30,600.00 would be put in place by the Office of the Head of Civil Service for Kano University of Science and Technology Wudil and Yusuf Maitama Sule Universities immediately.

A committee was set up between Government and organised labour to look into all contentious issues as presented by labour.

“Also, the payment of monthly pension and all entitlements of retirees should be vested under the resolutions and approval of the Board of Trustees of the Kano State Pension Fund Trust as provided by 2006 pension law,” he added.

He declared that the planned 3-day industrial action planned to commence on Thursday, 8th April 2021 and peaceful protests on Monday, 12 April 2021, have been suspended by the organised labour.

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Why Kano is Nigeria’s most peaceful state – Ganduje

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The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Monday explained why the state remains Nigeria’s safest and most peaceful state.

The governor told the State House correspondents at the end of a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that his administration had put in place measures to safeguard the state.

He said the government introduced the command and control centre and Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) where all the activities happening in the Kano metropolis are monitored.

The governor said: “All that I know as of today is that Kano is the most peaceful state in the federation and this is not by chance. There are some security measures that we have taken like full cooperation among the security agencies in Kano State.

Falgore Forest where bandits usually inhabit, we said no, not in Kano State. We established a military training ground in Falgore Forest and therefore bandits cannot inhabit it. On our border with Kaduna, we have a forest and where we are establishing a ruga programme, we discussed with nomadic Fulani and they agreed to be settled there.

“In conjunction with the Islamic Bank, we are building a dam, an artificial insemination centre, veterinary clinic, a school for their children and all that it takes to form a settlement, we are doing that.“

Ganduje disclosed that the state government also established a security training institute where young men and women were trained for community policing.

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Fire razes offices in Kano army barracks

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A night fire destroyed 11 offices at the Bukavu Army Barracks in Kano on Thursday.

Spokesman of the state Fire Service, Sami Yusuf Fire, announced this in a statement on Friday.

Mr. Yusuf said the fire, which occurred about 9:10p.m, also destroyed four stores and toilets in the building.

On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at 9:19p.m,” he said.

“The fire was put under control and no life was lost.”

He urged the public to keep fire extinguishers at home and offices to curtail fire incidents, noting that the cause of the fire was being investigated

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9 dead, 14 seriously injured as 3 vehicles clash in Kano.

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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of nine persons in a motor accident at Kunar Dumawa in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State on Sunday.

FRSC Sector Commander, Zubairu Mato, while confirming the accident in a statement issued on Sunday, said that 41 others were injured in the Sunday evening accident.

“We received a call at about 4:10p.m. on Sunday.

“On receiving the information, we quickly dispatched our personnel and vehicle to the scene of the incident for the rescue of the victims at about 4:17p.m. as well as clearing the obstructions,” Mato said.

He said that the crash occurred as a result of loss of control due to brake failure.

According to him, the accident involved three vehicles; a truck with registration number XA 111 SNN; a Volkswagen Golf 3 with registration number DAL 515 ZX; and a Mercedes Benz without registration number.

“The victims who lost their lives are three males, six females, while the remaining 41 victims sustained serious injuries,” he said.

The road safety boss said that the victims were evacuated to Dambatta General Hospital where the doctor on duty confirmed nine dead.

The 41 other victims, he said, are currently receiving treatment at the hospital.

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Kano shuts hospital for handling severe COVID-19 cases resulting to deaths

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Kano State Government has shut down a private facility, UMC Hospital for attending to “severe cases” of COVID-19.

The state government stated that the hospital’s management ought to have referred the patients to isolation centres provided by the State Government.

Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, said in a statement on Wednesday that “The action by UMC hospital is in parallel with the standard set by the Kano State Task Force on COVID-19, which requires such facility to attend only to mild cases of the disease,”

He said the action of the hospital led to the death of two patients whose cases were severe.

Garba, who accompanied the Commissioner of Health, Dr. Aminu Ibrahim Tsanyawa, to the UMC hospital, said the facility would remain closed pending the resolution of the matter between the management and the state government.

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Ganduje warns Kano residents to adhere to COVID-19 protocols or risk another lockdown

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Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday issued a warning to residents of the state, especially the market community, to strictly comply with COVID-19 protocols as a rise in the number of infections is being reported in the state.

The deputy governor of the state, Nasiru Gawuna, revealed this on behalf of the governor at a COVID-19 stakeholders’ meeting with market community leaders in the state at the Government House in Kano.

He said it had been reported that 19 family members tested positive for COVID-19 after its breadwinner recently got infected and died as a result.

He said, “This COVID-19 pandemic is real and we have to seriously fight it.

“There was a house where the breadwinner died of COVID-19 recently and when the family members were tested, 19 of them were found to be positive,”

“We all know that it is the marketers that suffer most whenever there is a lockdown especially those who have to work to feed on a daily basis.

“Adhere to the necessary COVID-19 protocols to avoid the spread of the pandemic in the state and to avoid a situation that will necessitate the lockdown again,” he added.

The governor emphasized that the second wave of the virus was deadlier and warned residents to comply with the safety protocols in order to prevent another lockdown as well as closure of markets in the state.

He also promised 100,000 facemasks will be distributed to the market community to mitigate the spread of the pandemic and encourage compliance.

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Kano govt orders civil servants to work from home

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The Kano State government on Tuesday ordered civil servants in the state to work from home and await further instruction on the matter.

The Kano State Commissioner of Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who disclosed this to journalists in Kano, said the decision was taken at a stakeholders’ meeting held on Monday.

According to him, the move was one of the measures taken by the government to check the spread of COVID-19 in the state.

However, workers on essential services such as the healthcare service providers, fire service, water board, teaching staff, security guards, and the media are not affected by the directive.

The government also imposed a fresh ban on viewing and event centres across Kano State.

Kano State currently has 2, 617 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 70 fatalities, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).

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Kano sponsored students in private varsities with N1.8bn -Ganduje

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The Kano State Government has spent N1.8bn to sponsor students to private universities.

The programme, which was started by the former administration of governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso, involved the American University of Nigeria, Yola, Crescent University, Al-Qalam University, Bells University of Technology, Otta, and Igbinediom University, Okada.

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Abba Anwar, on Wednesday, in Kano said Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, spoke during the presentation of certificates to 20 of the students at the Government House, Kano.
They were the set of students who were taken to the university during the administration of Kwankwaso, with the payment of their tuition and other fees at less than 10 per cent.

“When we came in by the year 2015, we were told that all the students sponsored by the then administration, all their payments were settled 100 per cent,” the statement said.
While congratulating the students for their outstanding performances, the governor promised to support them to be on their own.

Ganduje said his administration inherited over 1,150 students from the administration of Rabi’u Kwankwaso.

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