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10-year-old girl donates N5,500 Sallah savings to Kano for COVID-19 fight
Nasiru Yusuf
The Chairman of the Kano state Fundraising Committee on COVID-19, Muhammad Bello says a 10-year-old girl has donated her entire Sallah savings of N5,500 to the Kano state government as a contribution for fighting the coronavirus aka COVID-19 pandemic.
KANO FOCUS reports that Mr Bello revealed this on Saturday while receiving food items and medical consumables donated to the state by members of the Lebanese community in Kano.
“One young girl of 10 years old who was saving her money for Sallah festivity, when she heard of the fundraising committee to assist the needy in the state, she came forth and gave her donation of N5,500. All her savings,” he said.
With this immense sacrifice, the unnamed young girl, has joined the league of notable philanthropists such as Aliko Dangote, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata and Abdussamad Isyaka Rabiu among others who had also contributed to the COVID-19 efforts.
“We are assuring (Governor Abdullahi Ganduje) and the people of Kano state that whatever is collected from corporate bodies and individuals will be used judiciously.
“And we will also liaise with the main Task Force Committee on COVID-19 to see how we can locate people in hospitals who have been there even before the coming of this COVID-19 crisis,” Mr Bello added.
He commended the Lebanese community saying, “they are always up and doing in anything that has to do with the development of the state.”
Presenting the donated items to Mr Ganduje, the Consul-General of the Lebanese Community in Kano Khaleel Musulmaniya, said the commodities include 30 Tonnes of rice and 2,000 packets of spaghetti.
Others according to him are 1,000 bags of Dawavita of 1kg, 500 packets of Juice drinks, 1,548 Hand Sanitizers, 1,500 Protective Garments, 20 boots, 500 cartons of WAW detergent, among many other items.
“We are giving this in order to give our helping hands in alleviating some of the sufferings of those needy individuals in the state, during this situation,” Mr Musulmaniya said.
“We are always supporting what the state is doing as quick and proactively response against the COVID-19 situation,” he added.
Immediately after receiving the items governor Ganduje handed them over to the Chairman of fund raising committee, Muhammad Bello.
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Ganduje’s eldest son pays solidarity visit to Kano anti-corruption chairman, ‘lauds govt for investigating father
Mukhtar Yahya Usman
Abdulazeez Ganduje, the eldest son of the suspended national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, paid a visit to the chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, Muhyi Rimingado, at his office.
Mr. Abdulazeez visited Mr. Rimingado on Wednesday evening to show his support for the chairman’s anti-corruption efforts.
He also expressed his endorsement of the charges brought against his father, mother, and brother by the commission.
Abdulazeez voiced his concern to the commission chairman about his unjust removal as a director of one of the companies undergoing trial, expressing his distress over being ousted without his consent.
In September 2021, Abdulazeez lodged a petition with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against his mother, Hafsat Ganduje, accusing her of corruption. In the petition, he detailed how he was approached by a property developer to assist in acquiring land in Kano for a substantial sum of money.
It was revealed that Abdulazeez paid the specified amounts in US dollars to his mother, Mrs. Ganduje. However, the property developer later discovered that the land he had paid for had been allocated to other buyers and requested a refund.
The Kano anti-corruption commission had previously taken legal action against Mr. Ganduje, his wife, Hafsat Umar, his son Umar Abdullahi Umar, and five others on charges related to corruption, misappropriation, and diversion of funds, amounting to billions of naira. Other individuals involved include Abubakar Bawuro, Jibrilla Muhammad, Lamash Properties Limited, Safari Textiles Limited, and Lasage General Limited.
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Breaking: Kano High Court affirms Ganduje’s suspension
Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim
Kano state high Court has affirmed the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje as member of the party.
KANO FOCUS reports that the court presided over by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba on Tuesday affirmed the suspension following an exparte motion filed by Dr. Ibrahim Sa’ad Esq on behalf of two executive members APC Ganduje ward, Dawakin-Tofa local government area, the assistant secretary, Laminu Sani and legal adviser Haladu Gwanjo (plaintiffs) who were part of the nine ward executive who suspended Abdullahi Ganduje on Monday.
The order followed an ex parte motion filed Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani by their counsel Ibrahim Sa’ad.
The plaintiffs, who identified as executive members of APC Ganduje ward, said they brought the motion on behalf of the executive members of the ward.
Gwanjo, who identified as the party’s ward Legal Adviser, was the one that announced the suspension of Ganduje two days ago.
Subsequently, the court ordered, that henceforth, Ganduje should desist from presiding over all affairs of the National Working Committee (NWC) of APC.
The State Working Committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Kano had announced the suspension of ward party leaders who earlier announced the suspension of Ganduje.
Recall that the leadership of the party at Ganduje ward in Dawkin Tofa Local Government area announced the suspension of the party’s national chairman, citing corruption charges filed against him by the government.