The Kano State Governor-elect, Abba Yusuf, has advised individuals and organisations to discontinue ongoing private developments within and around public buildings across the state.
DAILY NIGERIAN reports that there is outrage over selling of portions of school, hospital, mosques, among others by the outgoing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje-led administration.
A statement by the spokesman for the governor-elect, Sanusi Bature, said any individual who contravenes with the “advisory” does so at his/her own risk.
“The Kano State Governor-elect, His Excellency, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf, has directed that this Public Advisory be issued to all individuals, groups, and other organisations that have ongoing construction in public places viz:
“You are advised to discontinue any construction work on public land within and around the following: All schools in the State, all religious and cultural sites in the State, all hospitals in the State, all graveyards in the State, and along the city walls of Kano;
“You are also advised to discontinue the demolition of, and the construction on, all existing public buildings belonging to the government and people of Kano State;
“This Advisory is issued in the public interest, effective from today Thursday 30th March, 2023 till further notice. Any contravener does so at his/her own risk, please,” the statement added.
