By; AMOS TAUNA, Kaduna
Demolition of structures built on public places that were allegedly sold out by the immediate past administration of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has resumed by the Kano State Government.
The resumption of the demolition of the structures is coming barely a few days after former governors of the state, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Abdullahi Ganduje were involved in heated exchanges over the demolitions.
The two former governors had visited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday as the issue of the demolition was raised.
Former Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso allegedly told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the former governor had sold out significant places, including mosques and grave yards, but Ganduje on his part told President Tinubu that the demolition was illegal and dangerous for the state.
In the early hours of yesterday, the demolition continued with buildings to be demolished were shops built by the fence of Sani Abacha Stadium at Kofar Mata, GSS Kofar Nasarawa facing IBB Road and buildings by GGSS Dukawuya, Goron Dutse, according to the list of structures marked for demolition.
According to a source, “the Kano Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA) under the instruction of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf demolished part of Government Girls Secondary School, Dukawiya, in the Kano metropolis.”
The state’s Deputy Governor, Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, stated that the government’s commitment to continue with the demolitions of structures built in illegal places.
