A pro democracy group under the aegis of Kano Patriots has cautioned Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf against preoccupying himself with imaginary battles with equally non-existent foes. The Group insisted that threading on such self manufactured distracting antics will lead to the absence of good governance in the State.
This is even as it has advised the Governor to concentrate and work towards how to pull the citizenry out of the prevailing hard economic situation, adding that he should not hesitate to seek help if he is bereft of ideas on how to move the the state forward .
The Kano Patriots, in a statement issued on Tuesday, April 9 2024 and signed by its President, Barrister Aliyu Mohammad, said the decision of Governor Yusuf to institute an inquest into activities of the immediate past administration of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje is tantamount to wasting the state resources on frivolities.
The Source reports that Governor Yusuf had on Wednesday last week, put in place two probe panels to separately look into alleged cases of misappropriation of public assets and politically motivated violence and killings in Kano between 2015 and 2023.
However, his exclusion of the eight-year reign of his political godfather and National Leader of the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso from the searchlight of the panels, has drawn flaks, particularly, from the camp of the All Progressive Congress APC, and its supporters who have since branded the panels as a witch-hunting machine.
But rather than embark on such futile and distracting journey, the Kano Patriots said Governor Yusuf should start to count in days ,hours,and minutes of the remaining months and years he has to spend in office ,and how best he could use them to improve the lots of kano citizens.
It insisted that presently, and considering the weight and distracting effects of the orchestrated probe into the activities of his immediate predecessor in office, Governor Yusuf could be likened to “a man using his legs to pursue crickets while at the same time carrying elephant on his head ”
“The problem with some of our leaders is that they don’t know the difference between politics and governance and they find it difficult most times to separate the two .
“Governor Abba Yusuf of all people should know that the era of politics and politicking is gone and the earlier he settles down to the business of governance ,the better for him and the entire kano people.
“It is very wrong to be playing active politics when the entire world looks up to you to deliver on good governance.
“If it is not petty politics, how on earth would you describe the probe of your immediate predecessor who is of a different political party and you refused to include the Governor before him, simply because he is of the same political lineage with you? Why can’t the probe include the tenure of Kwankwaso ? ” the Kano Patriots queried.
The Group further stated that going by the glaringly lopsided composition and mandate of the probe panels, it is in complete agreement with the earlier position of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC National Chairman, that Governor Yusuf is out to shift public attention from his failures and incompetence in the face of the humongous resources at his disposal.
“The Governor is suffering from incompetence and lack of direction. If he is bereft of ideas on how to move the state forward from where he met it ,he should seek help or ask those who have passed through the terrain before to guide him rather than be chasing shadows.
“If he continues like this, we are afraid his case would turn out to be the worst form of incompetence . It is already established that he lacks focus and has not delivered anything tangible since he assumed office ” the group stated.
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