Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has expressed dismay over allegation of non-payment of entitlements by Hafiz Abubakar, his former deputy.

Ganduje, in a statement signed by Muhammad Garba, the commissioner for Information, alleged that based on available records that in 2017 alone, the former deputy governor received more than N120, 000, 000.00 as travelling allowances both within and outside the country, while in 2018, over N30, 000, 000.00 was paid to him for various travelling allowances.

“Of recent, in July, to be precise, the sum of N7, 409, 575.00 was released to the former deputy governor to travel to the United Kingdom to receive an Honorary Degree from the University of Reading; the sum of N7, 800, 000.00 was also paid as his travelling allowance to Khartoum, Sudan for the convocation ceremony of the University of Africa; for a trip to the United Kingdom for the World Education Forum, the sum of N8, 509, 000.00 was paid to him; while his trip to Saudi Arabia for his daughters’ graduation was also sponsored by the state government, among other privileges extended to him,” the statement said.

The statement also dispelled Abubakar’s claim that the state government had committed resources to sponsor rally in support of his removal from office. Rather, the commissioner said: “The gravity of the allegation may prompt the government to take appropriate action. The former deputy governor ought to have landed safely and quietly instead of making unsubstantiated allegations just to draw attention.”

The governor said his former deputy hurriedly resigned from his position for fear of impeachment process by the Kano State House of Assembly…

August 6, 2018 @ 16:50 GMT|