Kano Govt. Urges Deputy Gov. To Resign Honourably

By Suleiman  Anyalewechi

The Kano State Government  has urged  the State Deputy Governor, Comrade Aminu Abdulssalam Gwarzo, to immediately consider resigning his position.

The call is coming against the backdrop of the refusal of the Deputy Governor to defect from the New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP to the All Progressives Congress, APC, alongside Governor Abba Kabiru Yusuf.

The Source reports that Governor Yusuf, against strident opposition from his political godfather Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, had, on Monday January 26, 2026, officially joined forces with the All Progressive Congress, APC.

The defection was preceded by his resignation from the NNPP on Friday January 23 , alongside some State and National Assembly Members , Local Government officials, Members of the State  Executive Council and other Government appointees.

However, the Deputy Governor led the pack of other Government officials who rejected the move to a new political abode, preferring, instead, to pledge allegiance to the leader of the Kwankwasiyya movement Senator Kwankwaso .

But speaking during a live programme on Muhasa Radio, the State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Waiya, expressed serious concern over the prospect of political disagreement  at the highest level of Governance in the State.

According to him, much as the Deputy Governor has the inalienable right to make political preferences, such should not be done at the detriment of the State .

He emphasized that a political divergence at the level of Governor and Deputy Governor has the dangerous potential to undermine trust and effective governance, more so going by the fact that the number two is also the Commissioner for Higher Education in the State .

Waiya noted that given the stance of the Deputy Governor, it will be more expedient for him to follow in the footsteps of some Commissioners who have exited their positions in Government on account of their disagreement with the defection option.

He emphasized the importance of the existence of a  synergy and shared ideology to good governance in any system, noting that problems of monumental proportion could surface in the face of perceived conflict of interests.

“What we are hoping for, just as some Commissioners who felt uncomfortable, and have resigned, is that the Deputy Governor should also take an honourable path if he is no longer on the same political page with the Governor.

“If you sit in an Executive Council meeting where issues bordering on how to move the state forward are being deliberated on, and suddenly there is this suspicion about where such discussions may end up, then there is a serious concern. Whether we like it or not, governance revolves around trust and shared values.

“People are entitled to have aspirations, including that of becoming the Governor. In fact, there is nothing wrong with nursing ambition, but if interests conflict as regards the direction of Government, the most honourable path to follow is to resign and pursue your goals without hiderance”, Waiya  stated

The Commissioner, however, stressed that the choice to either voluntarily leave the Government or not, in the present  circumstances, remains exclusively that of the Deputy Governor.

But according to the Commissioner, the best available option to the Deputy Governor is to vacate his office and face his future political alignments without obstruction.

Although he did not disclose the next move by the Government, there are, however, strong indications that the impeachment option may be considered, should the Deputy Governor continue to cling to his office.