Ganduje didn’t take N10bn loan for CCTV cameras – Ex-commissioner

A former Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Mallam Muhammad Garba, has described as misleading and errorneous claim that former governor Abdullahi Ganduje obtained N10bn loan for the installation of Close-Circuit Television cameras in Kano State.

The former commissioner was reacting to the Coalition of Political Analysis Forum and Governance, which reportedly made the claim.

Garba knocked the CSO for demanding Ganduje’s probe, saying the claim by the group was an attempt to discredit the ex-governor.

“We challenge them to provide evidence for the N10bn loan.For record purposes, when the last administration conceived the project, the State Executive Council and the Assembly formally granted approval, bearing in mind the importance of the project in enhancing security in the state. Unfortunately a Federal High Court in Kano, on July 1, 2022 granted an injunction restraining the government from obtaining the loan.

“We recall that the same court presided over by Justice Abdullahi Liman on July 19 admitted that it was misled in the case filed by one Yusuf Rabi’u, a proprietor of another non-existing CSO by the name Kano First Forum, and therefore, discharged the restraining order.” “Unfortunately, up to the end of our tenure, the facility had not been secured and therefore the project could not be executed,” Garba said.