The Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday, April 2, screened and confirmed as Commissioners Mustapha Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso,son of the Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP during the 2023 general elections and three others .
The Source reports that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf ,a protege of Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso himself a former Governor of Kano, had earlier last week nominated the younger Musa Kwankwaso along side three others as Commissioner designate, a development which elicited mix reactions from kano residents and across the entire country.
Not a few condemned the action of Governor Yusuf ,who is widely believed to owe his office to the political machine of the National Leader of the NNPP,.
Many described the nomination of the younger Musa Kwankwaso as a gross act of nepotism..
While conveying the request for the confirmation of Mustapha Kwankwaso and the three others as commissioner, Governor had also requested for the approval of the legislative body for establishment of four new ministries ,namely – Humanitarian and Poverty Eradication, Solid Minerals Resources ,Power and Renewable Energy and Internal Security and Special Services.
The Majority Leader of the House ,while addressing the press shortly after the screening exercise, noted that Mustapha Kwankwaso, Adamu Aliyu, Abduljabar Umar Garko ,and Shehu Usman Aliyu have been found worthy and qualified to be appointed as commissioners ,have consequently been confirmed.
