Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has admitted that his predecessor, Engr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, left behind a huge liability, but noted that it was justifiable since it was not a crime.
The Governor, who stated this while addressing newsmen on his second day in office at the Government House, Kano, said, “It’s correct we have inherited huge liability; this doesn’t mean a crime was committed by my boss. We planned everything together as his deputy.
“Unfortunately, what we envisaged failed as the price of oil dropped. So we couldn’t have completed what we started because of lack of money. This is not a problem for me as such is a matter of planning and rescheduling,” he said.
Ganduje, who described those crying foul as being only shortsighted, said his government will reschedule contracts and will pay for them based on availability of funds. He added that the Kwankwaso administration which he was part of anticipated oil price to be $100 per barrel but it dropped to $50 per barrel.
“I don’t want anybody to say I have liability; yes, I have it, but it isn’t a crime,” he said.
The Governor identified continuation, consolidation, fine-tuning and introduction of new ideas as the framework he will follow to achieve the set objectives of his government.
As regards continuity, he stated that because there are a number of projects that were not completed by the former regime, he owes it a duty to speedily complete them.
Ganduje added that part of the problems of governance in the country is discontinuation of projects and programmes, and promised not to abandon any project.
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