And recently, a News came up that the Spanish Government is supporting Kano State to combat the water problems in the state with over 250 Million Dollars, what about the other Project of 100 Million Dollars, wasted? Corruption in the Kano State cabinet has already surpassed that of any state in Nigeria, with alleged of Millions of Dollars been taken by the present Governor of the State.
Though, Kano State people are still waiting, hoping that their Governor claiming to be God fearing, and ushers peace in his speeches, will do something to their basic problems, one may think of peoples unawareness of the events in Kano State, rise in number of murders and serial killings, increase number of bandits and armors in the state, collapse of education, bad transportation systems, though importing tri-cycle cars from India claiming to be a solution to transport problems, while other states in the North are buying Luxury buses to transport its people, people of Kano are still managing the Motorcycles, and the tri-cycles which are mainly for women. Doesn't we have enough money to buy this Luxury buses or we are not qualified? Capitalist Governor?
With a budget that has passed that of all the Northern region states, still, the present administration has nothing to show for development, looking at the gratitude people show to his programme Adaidaita Sahu, there is nothing people will gain from it, but only the top mongers of the programme that chopped millions every month in managing the 'Junk Association'
Still on the state of Corruption in the State, Someone wrote about some alleged fund crimes of the State Governor: "Aside the aforesaid, in the new petition that threw the present Governor into the godforsaken list where only corrupt politicians are seen, the attention of the EFCC was drawn to the clandestine moves of transferring “some of the stolen funds†to some Asian countries by the governor where, according to the petition, the Governor “considers safe heaven (sic).†A huge deposit of £3,112,201.50 (some part of £4,512,26.59) earlier deposited at the National Westminster Bank, the petition says, was transferred to the National Comm. Bank Plc., El-Giya, Egypt where the searchlights of the international anti-corruption watchdogs are rarely beamed. The account number is: 002-7154-015.
The Governor, the petition says, has also withdrawn $3,422,269.45 and ferried to Deutsch Bank, AG Seoul branch, 521 Seoul South Korea . As said in the petition, another deposit of M.I. Shekarau in an account in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has now been diverted to Hong Kong West Bank, Hong Kong . The account has a whopping deposit of 1,489,332.40 Hong Kong dollars.
The petitioners did not only dig out the Governor's accounts, they have also unearthed the purchase by M.I. Shekarau of six-bedroom-flat residential building in Orleans, a highbrow area of Paris, from an agent called Mr Guy Sauvanet, at the cost of 25,000,000 CFA, which is equivalent to about 18 million dollars, and the transaction took place on the 29th July, 2006, the petitioners stated. Its is very amazing to know that the governor has, in almost all the accounts, deployed his usual masquerading tactics by changing his name from M.I. Shekarau to Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, the petition claimed.
Other deposits reported in the new petition are: £5,000,000 “of public funds†he has criminally diverted into his personal account, bearing the account No. 002-964-5890, with City Bank House London WC2RIHB, UK . The next was a huge deposit of 80,000,000 CFA (about eighteen million US dollars) with BIAO AFRIBANK, 9 Avenue de Messine 75008, Paris.
This same person that loved to be called Malam but defiled his mallamness by dipping his soiled paws into cookie jar has also loaded public funds to the tune of $12,500,000 it into his personal account with CITI Bank EM/FI; 111 Wall Street, 19th Floor, New York NY10043 USA. This transaction, the petition says, had taken place during one of the governor’s visits to US last year.
But the height of this gubernatorial heist, I would paraphrase the petition, takes an especial distinction when the governor tells Kano people ad nauseum that he was visiting Malaysia to woo investors, little did the gaping masses know that the governor’s principal interest was to purchase a complete electronics factory named AL-DUN Electronics Company, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The agent for the transaction was FIRSUP Co. who facilitated the payments in two installments on the 29th November 2006 and 20th December 2006 respectively.
Other allegations not contained in the petition are the purchase of 6 million units of shares (sold at 13.50 kobo) at Intercontinental Bank where his son works, and sharing of about 400 million to top All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) officials to ratify his contest. What is baffling to many is that where would he take all the money to when our state records the highest infant mortality rate, our taps are dry, schools lacks chairs (given the state of the education in the state, Shekarau had to evacuate his son who failed WAEC from this ruin we call “government schools†to American University, Dubai). What would he do with this huge amount in this transient world?
The only rebuttal Shekarau could proffer was that “whoever claims that I own properties, I dash him.†But Shekarau should know that by default or by design, he has exposed the truth himself. It is a fact that one cannot give what he doesn’t possess. After all, bank accounts or landed properties are not like groundnuts that you can give without certificate. He should give us the certificates and we want the properties.
All this funds accounts to the Ownership of the present state governor of Kano State.
Education in the state is becoming worst and worst every day, with more and more Pure Water sellers on the streets which are all between 5 to 12 years of age, supposed to be in school, we can never say that the state of Education is improving in the state. The state needs more Tertiary Institutions, we need enhanced and serious education lover, not Mathematics teacher.
Because of lots of poverty in the state, some people collected 200 Naira ($1.5) to vote for the Present Governor to come back to office and continue vandalizing the Kano State Funds. In turn, those people that were given $1.5 to vote for him have spent it in transport to go back home, or in buying the Pure Water and Groundnuts to relax with the stressfull elections.
In the past administration, 1999 to 2003, a project was launched to create an Independent Power Station in the state, because Kano state has the largest number of Dams in the country. But the present Administration canceled the project, claiming that the Project was not properly planned, but where is there own plan now.
With all the problems facing Kano now, and eight years of democracy, People of Kano State are still hoping for solution from the present Governor of the state, let us see.
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