Kano Governor Abba Yusuf has said that the state experienced the highest level of corruption in comparison to other states in the area.
He said that throughout the eight years that Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje served as governor of Kano, from 2015 to 2023, the city was plagued by one of the worst grand corruptions of all time.
Yusuf made this statement during a capacity-building session on anti-corruption concepts for government personnel holding the rank of director.
The Governor, who was represented by his Deputy Aminu Gwarzo, said corruption has undermined the progress and development of the nation and no one was in doubt.
“Kano State in particular has suffered and experienced one of the major grand corruptions perhaps above any other state in this region over the past eight years.
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“Our investment and state assets as the region’s center of commerce were hopelessly and fraudulently sold and those who acquired are initiators and executors of the whole process.
“In fact, most of those investments managed by Kano State Investment and Properties have both proceed and the property gone back to the same people.
“Our infrastructure suffered years of neglect occasioned to multifaceted problems we are battling with after assuming office,” he lamented.
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Speaking further during his keynote address, the governor disclosed that even the revenue generation aspect was bedeviled by leakages for the benefit of few to the detriment of the state’s collective interest.
According to him, heavy corruption during the Ganduje administration plunged the water resources sector in decay when he took over the reins of power, resulting in hardship even with the loan of six million Euros purportedly spent in that sector.
He explained that it was not out of place that his government prioritises anti-corruption as one of its core principles, adding that his resolve to fight corruption has been translated into so many cases currently before the courts.
