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The immediate past administration of former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje in Kano State has dragged the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) government in the state for picking holes in the post subsidy palliative plan introduced by the federal government.
It said instead of faulting the government at the centre, the NNPP government should initiate and evolve concrete plans that would alleviate the suffering of the toiling masses in the state. Former commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs in the administration, Malam Muhammad Garba, who stated this in a statement, was responding to the NNPP’s stance faulting the federal government palliative plan which it later retracted following a backlash from the public.
Garba said instead of studying what the palliative plan is all about, Kano State openly criticised the plan only for them to withdraw the statement. He accused the NNPP government in kano of not making any concerted effort to ameliorate the plight of the people.
According to the statement, while some states have gone ahead to set up committees that would provide an interim solution to the situation, with others like Imo state jacking up the minimum wage to N40, 000 as an immediate interim measure, Kano State has done nothing.
The former commissioner said, “In 2017 while negotiation were on between the federal government and the Labour Union on the N30, 000 minimum wage, the administration of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje went ahead and negotiated N36, 000 minimum wage and thereby became one of the first state government to approve minimum wage above that of the federal government.”
The statement added that lack of understanding of the essence of true governance had been responsible for the inconsistencies and unguarded statements from senior officials of the NNPP government in Kano State. Garba recalled that a similar scenario played out when the secretary to the state government, Dr Baffa Bichi, gave reason for the demolition of the iconic Kano roundabout which he claimed carried a huge Christian cross and was against Islamic ideology.
“Unfortunately After an outrage, the SSG appeared on a national television to embarrassingly deny making the statement, which also further eroded his personal credibility and that of the state government,” the statement added. He said instead of making a careful study of what is on the ground, the state government engaged in vengeance and also adopted anti-people policy that has worsen the economic condition of the state.
Garba added that after stopping the salaries of suspended civil servants employed by the immediate past administration as well as demotion of hundreds of teachers, the NNPP government, despite its promise, has failed to set up the committee that will look into their case.
The former commissioner called on the NNPP government to always approach governance with ease and stop making statements capable of jeorpadising the peace and development of the state.
(leadership.ng)
