- Acting president Osinbajo has been asked to call Kano state governor to order
- The Kano state governor is said to be in the process of recalling students from Kano who are studying abroad
- Former governor Kwankwaso was said to have secured admission for 154 students to study Nursing at Mansoura University
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have been urged to call Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to order by loyalists of former Kano state Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
The group accused the governor of making moves to recall indigenous students studying abroad on scholarship, Daily Post reports.
Kwankwaso was said to have secured admission for 154 students to study Nursing at Mansoura University.
In their reaction, Southern Mandate of Nigeria (SMN), accused the Kano government of targeting Kwankwaso who see him as a threat in the 2019 election.
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National Coordinator, Comrade Ikonomwan Francis, in a statement, said: “It has come to our knowledge that the governor has perfected his plans to repatriate students who are on scholarship home and abroad. This act is shocking and disheartening.
“Former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso offered scholarship to the youths to study relevant courses which would enhance human capital development in the state.
“Members of Southern Mandate of Nigeria (SMN) are surprised at the motive behind Ganduje asking that the students be repatriated without considering the effect of this inhuman decision, even at this critical moment of our national development.
“It should be on record that Ganduje was part of the decision to sponsor these students. Kano state is highly populated but educationally deficient in some key professional areas like Medicine, Nursing, and Aeronautic Engineering etc.
“Having observed these lapses, Kwankwaso decided to develop these key areas by sponsoring youths abroad, a decision that was accepted and applauded locally and internationally.
“We view it as barbaric and cynical, that such gigantic project is about to be cut short to score cheap political points. It is worthy of mention that the Kano State government has invested so much in these students in the last three years, and they, on their part, have invested their time and energy to succeed.
“We know Ganduje is being sponsored by some political guerrillas who see Kwankwaso as a major threat in the 2019 election. They, however, fail to realise that Kwankwaso can never be intimidated by his political foes.
“We call on Acting President Yemi Osibanjo and the national, leadership of the APC to call Governor Ganduje to order, otherwise the devastating effect of the visceral on Kano State and the students alike will be unquantifiable.”
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NAIJ.com had reported that the deputy national publicity secretary of the APC, Comrade Timi Frank, has said that the position of the party's NWC which nullified the suspension of Muize Banire by the party’s executive committee in Mushin Local government area of Lagos state, has vindicated him.
Chief John Oyegun-led NWC recently issued a statement nullifying the suspension placed on Banire on the ground that only the national body has the constitutional mandate to suspend a national officer.
Watch the NAIJ.com TV interview with Comrade Frank on the crisis in the APC.