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Just in: Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf appoints 57 additional Aides

Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim
Governor of Kano State Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has approved the appointment of additional 57 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) into various fields.
KANO FOCUS reports that the appointment was contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa on Friday.
Below is the list of the 57 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) .

1. Anas Abba Dala, Senior Special Assistant, Political Awareness
2. Ali Muhammad Bichi, Senior Special Assistant, Religious Affairs
3. Alhajiji Nagoda, Senior Special Assistant, Information
4. Babban Alhaji Sagagi, Senior Special Assistant, Broadcast Media II
5. Ibrahim Muazzam Sanata, Senior Special Assistant, Public Affairs II
6. Ismail Murtala Zawa’i, Senior Special Assistant Media Awareness
7. Shamsu Aliyu Samanja, Senior Special Assistant, Publicity II
8. Fahad Balarabe Adaji, Senior Special Assistant, ICT Maintenance (Hardware)
9. Abdullahi Ibrahim, Senior Special Assistant, Digital Media
10. Hassan Sani Tukur, Senior Special Assistant, New Media I
11. Hadiza Aminu, Senior Special Assistant, New Media II
12. Hon. Nasiru Isa Dikko,(Jarma) Senior Special Assistant, Non-governmental Organisations(NGOs)
13. Ali Hamisu Indabawa, Senior Special Assistant I Photography
14. Nafi’u Dankura Adamu, Senior Special Assistant, Protocol (Abuja).
15. Abdurrashid Muhammad Panda, Senior Special Assistant, Kwankwasiyya Media Groups
16. Nasiru Hassan Yan Awaki, Senior Special Assistant, Works
17. Abubakar Muhammad Inuwa, Senior Special Assistant, Reformatory Schools
18. Ibrahim Ma’aji Sumaila, Senior Special Assistant, Students Matters
19. Abdullahi Ghali Basaf, Senior Special Assistant, Information II
20. Bashari A. Yaro, Senior Special Assistant, Local Government Affairs
21. Habibu Ya’u Kwankwaso, Senior Special Assistant, KSSMB
22. Yusuf Abdullahi Yanoko, Senior Special Assistant, Teacher Training and Development
23. Saminu Balago Yakasai, Senior Special Assistant, Askarawan Kwankwasiyya
24. Abdussalam Muhammad Sani, Senior Special Assistant, Domestic Affairs (Deputy Governor)
25. Bala Abubakar, Senior Special Assistant, Security (Abuja)
26. Ishaq Abdul, Senior Special Assistant, Online Technology
27. Tijjani Kaura Goje, Senior Special Assistant, Lagos Liason Office
28. Balarabe Isa Abdullahi, Senior Special Assistant, Kaduna Liason Office
29. Mansur Ali Galadanchi, Senior Special Assistant, Automobile
30. Mustapha Ibrahim Chigari, Senior Special Assistant, Tourism
31. Sani Rabi’u Muhammad (Rio), Senior Special Assistant, Butchers and Abbatoir
32. Ibrahim Abdu Hanga, Senior Special Assistant Printing II
33. Musbahu Shado, Senior Special Assistant, Abubakar Rimi Market
34. Abdullahi Sabo Abubakar, Senior Special Assistant, KARMA
35. Zainab Ibrahim D. Senior Special Assistant, Primary Education
36. Dahiru Arrow Dakata, Senior Special Assistant, Environmental Sanitation
37. Jamilu Yamadawa, Senior Special Assistant, Youth and Sports
38. Yassir Abdullahi Jobe, Senior Special Assistant II ICT
39. Mubarak Muhammad Usman, Senior Special Assistant III, Information
40. Bashir Usman Gama, Senior Special Assistant II, Mobilisation
41. Mahmoud Abbas Sunusi, Senior Special Assistant, Chieftaincy Affairs
42. Adamu Maitama, Senior Special Assistant, Entrepreneurship
43. Rabi Hotoro, Senior Special Assistant, Women Affairs
44. Arc. Ahmad Ishaq, Senior Special Assistant, Urban Beautification
45. Arc. Abba Garba Yaro, Senior Special Assistant, KNUPDA
46. Idris Tela Dandalama, Senior Special Assistant, Grazing Areas
47. Isa Rabi’u Wise,,Senior Special Assistant II, Markets
48. Sharu Na Malam Dandago, Senior Special Assistant II, Religious Affairs
49. Rabiu Salisu Babba Dala, Senior Special Assistant, Agriculture
50. Aminu Sulaiman Gaya, Senior Special Assistant, Water Resources
51. Hassana Abubakar, Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters
52. Hajiya Mariya Sani Karaye, Senior Special Assistant II, Women Mobilisation
53. Hajiya Sa’adatu Salisu Yusha’u, Senior Special Assistant, Women Mobilisation (Kano South)
54. Dr. Harisu Tsanyawa, Senior Special Assistant, Primary Healthcare
55. Sani Isa Romi, Senior Special Assistant, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Consumables
56. Inuwa Salisu Sharada, (KOSSAP), Senior Special Assistant, Marshalls II
57. Khalil Isa Dokadawa (Amana Luxury), Senior Special Assistant II, Transportation
Dawakin Tofa said all appointments take effect immediately as the appointees are directed to collect their letters of appointment from the office of secretary to the state government(SSG).

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Kwankwaso denies taking position on rumoured defection to APC

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”

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Emir Sanusi commends AGILE for renovating over 1,300 schools in Kano

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.

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Rurum, Rogo finally dump NNPP for APC


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.
