Salihu Yakasai, the Special Assistant to Governor Umar Ganduje on Media and Publicity, has narrated how the crisis between the dethroned Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, and Ganduje started.
According to Yakasai, Sanusi’s crisis with the governor started three years ago.
He also accused the former Emir of being confrontational with the government, adding that Sanusi was not conscious of the fact that Kano is a conservative state.Yakasai said, “Let me start from the beginning which is over three years ago. That is the genesis of all this crisis. That was when the dethroned Emir at an event in Kaduna publicly criticised and ridiculed the governor on the issue of the proposed light rail project.
“Rather than do that, he went to use the platform of a televised programme. Since that time, the situation kept deteriorating. “We had one that was very important, which was the launching of free secondary education in Kano State and integration of the Almajiri project, which was launched by the Vice President at that time. That was a very important project for the State that we had seven ambassadors, members of the international community and ministers. The Emir was in Kano but did not attend that important event.
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