
Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has responded to demolitions carried out by State Governor Yusuf Abba.
According to the state’s immediate previous governor, when the APC retakes control of the state, sanity would return to the Kano business community.
Recall that the State gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal recently removed the incumbent Governor and proclaimed APC candidate Nasir Gawuna the winner of the March 18 gubernatorial election.
Ganduje provided the guarantee when he met with a team of Kano market young leaders in his office at the party’s secretariat on Tuesday.
He said : “It’s unfortunate for the other issue you raised,” he continued. The issue of unnecessary destruction was sad. That was terribly bad. They ruined Kano’s economy. They damaged Kano’s business and commerce.
“Many people are now sceptical about going to Kano for business. Even banks don’t accept certificates of occupancy, because they are not sure whether the certificate will be revoked tomorrow, Or even when you build, it will be demolished.“You can see the extent of demolition of businesses in Kano. It is very unfortunate. But I have to congratulate you for taking the right steps. People who lost their property in Kano have taken the issue to court. And the court has already started giving verdicts for compensation. It is just the starting point for the people who take them to court. The answer to Kano politics is for the return of the APC and we are pursuing that.”
Earlier in his remarks, Umar Ladiyo, Chairman of the Market Leaders, recounted the unimaginable agony endured by the business sector over the previous four months.
“With the outgoing government in Kano, everybody knows what happened was a tragedy. The destruction of properties, businesses and many people have been thrown into crises. Some even lost their lives.
“The amount of money lost in Kano during the destruction was huge. The turnover that is being done is more than N2bn every day. Sadly, we have lost all that now,” he stated.
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