A Former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, says talks were ongoing about the possibility of him accepting a ministerial position from the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
Kwankwaso, who was the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections stated this Friday while fielding questions from State House correspondents.
He, however, dismissed rumours of defecting to the All Progressives Congress (APC), emphasising that Tinubu was more focused on a government of national unity.
Demolition in Kano
Kwankwaso added that the immediate past Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, were summoned by Tinubu over the ongoing demolition in the State.
He claimed that most of the buildings demolished were illegally acquired by the Ganduje administration, adding that Tinubu was shocked when he briefed him on the true picture of what led to the present demolition.
His words: “The President was shocked. Are you not shocked that somebody will sell University? Are you not shocked that he demolished the only university? Daula Hotel, for those of you who are in Kano, you know the old Daula, demolished to zero and that is a faculty under the University of Science and Technology. He demolished that one. Are you not shocked?
“The President was shocked. He didn’t know. He even mentioned that he talked to somebody to go and find out for him. But when I told him, I said you are a Muslim, very soon you are going for Sallah. How can you go under that circumstance and pray in that place? And even the Triumph place he is talking about, you are journalists. You should be angry because that’s your constituency, he demolished it completely and put shops everywhere.”
Kwankwaso noted that his party under Governor Abba Yusuf, was only fulfilling the campaign promises to demolish such structures.
According to him, You see the governor is doing what we campaigned with. I wanted to be president, I campaigned also. And I went to Kano and told them that these places, schools, in fact most of our schools in Kano were being encroached on. And it is our policy to make sure that the encroached areas are returned to them.