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Kano 2023: Water Tanker Association, Association of Table Water Producers Endorse Sharada
Nasiru Yusuf
The Kano Water Tankers Association and association of table Water producers have endorsed the Gubernatorial ambition of Action Democratic Party Gubernatorial Candidate, Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada .
KANO FOCUS reports that Chairman of Water Tankers association comrade Auwal Shuaibu disclosed this when he led executive members of the association on a courtesy call to the ADP Governorship candidate in Kano.
Comrade Auwal Shuaibu said, the association have contributed immensely in electing previous administrations in Kano from 1999 to date, but there is no meaningful achievement to show especially in helping the association towards achieving set goals and targets.
The Chairman said they decided to pull their weight behind the ADP Governorship candidate as a young politician who has Kano at heart.
“Since the return to Democracy in 1999, none of the previous administrations laid down an agenda for the benefit of the young people in Kano except the ADP Governorship candidate and any Candidate that has no agenda for Education is not a candidate.
“The reason why we declare support for you is that there is no lawmaker that provided scholarship like you,Youth are left behind in the political process and you belong to no body except the common man, ” said comrade Shuaibu.
In a a remark by Ahmad Bala Hudu Chairman Table Water Producers Association of Nigeria, decried how the government has never involve them in uplifting their association except extortion and other unjustifiable charges despite having over 1,700 thousand members.
A statement issued by Abbas Yusha’u Yusuf the spokesperson of Sha’aban’s campaign council qouted the traders saying that “government has never done anything to uplift us or help develop our businesses. We boast of over 1700 members, we are being extorted daily to the extent that we can not produce optimally.”
In a remark the secretary sachet table water producers association of Nigeria Mukhtar Kanta said they have over one million members and they are not being considered in Government policies and it becomes necessary to pitch their tent with Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada as he warms up to take over Kano Government House.
Mukhtar Kanta also solicited for the establishment of Producer Protection Council by the incoming ADP administration in Kano to address quackery among Producers in the state .
Responding the ADP Governorship candidate, Shaaban Ibrahim Sharada eulogised the Table Water Producers association and association of Water Tankers, noting that they are doing what the government is supposed to do by providing portable drinking water to the populace.
The candidate quoted some statistics provided by International organizations that 785 million people are battling with lack of pure and clean water and 844 thousand are dying annually across the globe due to lack of it.
He said those affected by the calamity are mostly women and children where they spent 200 million hours annually looking for safe drinking water which is an essential component of life.
He lamented how portable pipe bone drinking water has become a nightmare in many parts of the metropolis, let alone the villages of Kano. He promised to ensure availability of safe drinking water to the populace.
The 2023 Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has debunked reaching a resolution with any individual on the trending defection rumoured to the ruling party or any other political party.
KANO FOCUS reports that Kwankwaso, who considered the recent statement credited to have suggested a particular position as an imagination of falsehood and fragmentation of political mischief against him.
A statement posted on his official X handle @KwankwasoRM, the ex-Governor insisted he has since refrained from commenting on contemporary political events, and will continue to do so for the time being.
In the said false information that went viral, Kwankwaso was quoted to have revealed a meeting with President Bola Tinubu on multiple occasions, urging him to return to the APC fold.
Responding to a statement purportedly signed by one Ibrahim Rabiu, Sen. Kwankwaso insisted he had never signed or authorised any statement to be issued on his behalf.
“My attention has been drawn to a statement purportedly stating my position on the recurring political realignments. I wish to categorically state that such statements are false, unfounded, and products of political mischief.
“I have refrained from commenting on contemporary political events, and I will continue to do so for the time being.”
” I urge the public to only engage statements that come from my public handles and other official sources”. Kwankwaso RM.”
In a releted development, the author of the purported false statement Ibrahim Rabiu has issued a self counter, denouncing the statement as a work of devil.
“I Ibrahim Rabiu, wish to inform the general public that I was never authorised by Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso to issue and release a statement on his belhalf”
“I therefore wish to tender a public apology to his person with a promise that such childish act will never be repeated in the future, please find a space in your heart to forgive me, I was misled by fake news and agents of misinformation”
The Emir of Kano, Khalifa Muhammad Sunusi II, commended the Adolescent Girls Initiatives for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project for reenrolling over 30,000 adolescent girls and renovating more than 1,300 schools across the state.
KANO FOCUS reports that the Emir made the commendation while reeiving AGILE State Project Implementation Unit (SIPU) who paid him an advocacy visit recently.
Khalifa Muhammadu Sanusi ll
He emphasized the Kano Emirate Council’s commitment to advocating for education and pledged continued support to ensure the enrollment, retention, transition, and completion of girls’ education in Kano.
The Emir also emphasized the importance of collaboration and synergy in implementing policies and programs that foster the development of the state and the nation at large.
AGILE Project Coordinator presenting gift to Emir of Kano
He expressed satisfaction with the AGILE project’s strong monitoring and evaluation framework, particularly in tracking the use of grants and conditional cash transfers.
In his remarks, the Kano State AGILE Coordinator, Malam Mujtapha Aminu said more than 100,000 students are currently enrolled in learning centers across 23 local government areas under the Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) second chance education in Kano.
AGILE PC and Emir of Kano
He said this initiative provides out-of-school adolescent girls an opportunity to complete their secondary education, gain entrepreneurship and life skills.
According to him, the second chance education students undergo literacy, numeracy, and entrepreneurship training across 5,000 learning centers.
Athletes who participated in AGILE WEEK Games
He further explained that after nine months of instruction, the students sit for examinations and are awarded certificates equivalent to the Junior Secondary School Certificate.
“Those who enroll in the advanced literacy program also have the opportunity to sit for national examinations such as NECO and WAEC,” he added.
He said they visited the Emir’andalace to seek blessings and advocate for support to achieve their goals.
AGILE Communications Officer and games officials
The AGILE Project is a World Bank-assisted initiative implemented through Federal and State Ministries of Education, aimed at improving secondary education opportunities for adolescent girls in Nigeria.
The gale of defection from opposition political parties intensifies as two members of the opposition New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Abdullahi Sani Rogo and Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, have defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
KANO FOCUS reports that both lawmakers represent Rano/Bunkure/Kibiya and Karaye/Rogo federal constituency of Kano State.
Both lawmakers announced their defection at plenary presided over by Speaker Abbas Tajudeen.
On hand to witness the defection on the floor of the House was the national chairman of the APC, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, accompanied by some members of the national working committee of the party.
However, the Minority Whip, Isa Ali JC, faulted the defection of the lawmakers on the basis that it was against constitutional provisions.
As of Thursday, no fewer than 30 members of opposition political parties have dumped their parties to join the APC.
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