•Gov AbbaYusuf gained’t get away with it, the commissioner who led others to stop the cupboard in protest vows
•Says in 2023, some left Kwankwaso due to gov, now similar individual betrayed him
•Speaks on the destiny of deputy governor
By Bashir Bello
Speedy previous Commissioner for Science, Know-how and Innovation in Kano State, Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim
Kofar-Mata was the primary political appointee to resign following Governor Abba Yusuf’s defection from
The New Nigeria Peoples Celebration, NNPP.
His resignation kick-started a wave of resignations as others loyal to Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso adopted swimsuit. Their choice to stop the administration was in protest of the governor’s defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC, which was in opposition to the want of his political godfather, Kwankwaso, on whose again he rode to energy.
Kofar-Mata, on this interview, speaks on the event, stating that what the governor dedicated amounted to political suicide. He’s indignant and vows that the NNPP will reclaim the mandate from the governor, insisting that the authority to manipulate belongs to the NNPP.
How do you are feeling about Governor Abba’s defection?
We view it as betrayal. The truth is, we’ve by no means seen such sort of betrayal in our lifetime. As a result of he had spent virtually 40 years collectively together with his godfather, particularly in politics. So, our chief, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, trusted him a lot that he was a custodian of all his credentials and paperwork, and was additionally on prime of every part.
Kwankwaso determined to search for loyalty and have a look at what has occurred. Due to this fact, we see the defection of Governor Abba as a complete betrayal of the Kwankwassiya Motion and likewise of the folks of Kano State. As a result of a couple of million folks voted for Kwankwassiya’s NNPP, not due to Governor Abba, however due to the belief they’ve within the Kwankwassiya Motion and its chief.
That’s the reason this betrayal shouldn’t be just for Senator Kwankwaso, who occurs to be the chief of Kwankwassiya, not just for Kwankwassiya’s NNPP members, but additionally for the complete folks of Kano State.
However the governor claimed that his defection was for the curiosity of Kano State. How do you see that?
Which curiosity of Kano State? He talked about one thing like safety. He stated his defection was not pushed by private ambition however in Kano’s curiosity…
It’s private curiosity. If you’re speaking about safety, you need to enhance safety since you joined the APC? Is it as a result of the individual answerable for the Federal Authorities is in APC? If that’s the case, what is going on in different APC states in southern and northern Nigeria? Have a look at Kaduna, they’ve insecurity downside. Even just lately, some schoolchildren had been kidnapped. Have a look at what is going on proper now in Katsina. A variety of villages and hamlets had been shut down. You don’t have entry to some native governments. And all are APC states. In Kano, we’ve been having fun with safety and peaceable coexistence as a cosmopolitan state. I feel Jigawa is barely subsequent to Kano.
There isn’t a motive citing insecurity to justify his defection. A lot of the APC states are grappling with insecurity. He additionally talked about growth. As a state, you’re entitled to federal allocations, so that you don’t have any downside. We view his defection as a complete betrayal pushed by his personal pursuits. That’s all.
What concerning the declare that Kano, as an opposition get together state, is being remoted?
Kano is remoted? The place? Who remoted Kano? We’ve got been in opposition for fairly a very long time. Throughout Ibrahim Shekarau’s time, Kano was in opposition for nearly eight years. Throughout Kwankwaso’s time, Kano was in opposition as a result of he defected to APC. So, we’ve more often than not been in opposition. What’s his downside with the opposition? Through the time of Abubakar Rimi, Kano was in opposition.
And have a look at the event Rimi impressed in Kano, whereas Kano was beneath Peoples Redemption Celebration, PRP, and Nigeria was dominated by the Nationwide Celebration of Nigeria, NPN, at the moment. Whether it is within the curiosity of the frequent folks, then let him keep in Kwankwassiya’s NNPP. Let him fulfil all the guarantees we made in Kwankwassiya. Folks trusted Kwankwassiya, that’s the reason he acquired a couple of million votes.
As a loyalist of Kwankwaso, how do you are feeling now that the governor is in a rival camp?
That’s the most troublesome half. You understand, these folks, they fought for us when (former governor) Ganduje betrayed Senator Kwankwaso after the 2015 election. So, we had some political rivals. These political rivals, a few of them weren’t really in dispute with Senator Kwankwaso, however as a result of he nominated Abba Kabir Yusuf in 2019, that’s the reason a few of them opted to go away Kwankwassiya to precise their anger or present their dissatisfaction with the scenario. How do you see this? He’s now among the many individuals who actually hated him.
They (individuals who didn’t need Abba as governor) left Senator Kwankwaso, who was their political grandfather, due to the identical Abba. That is complete betrayal. I don’t suppose I’ve seen one thing like this in my life. For me, as a commissioner, as a loyalist of the Kwankwassiya Motion, whom I completely agree with the ideology, I had nothing to do besides to resign from being commissioner.
I needed to present instance. That’s the reason I grew to become the primary commissioner to resign. Is it not the identical APC we’re accusing of perpetuating insecurity, underdevelopment in Nigeria, growing poverty, imposing controversial tax reform, participating in nepotism, discrimination, and growing unemployment? How can we be a part of them? We can’t be a part of them, as a result of we noticed what APC did throughout Abdullahi Ganduje’s tenure.
We noticed how they uncared for the training and well being sectors, and so forth and so forth. We can’t agree with them, as a result of we’re taking part in politics based mostly on ideology, not based mostly on private curiosity. If we’re doing this due to private curiosity, I’ll stay within the authorities. However we needed to resign due to the folks’s mandate. The persons are with Kwankwaso, and that’s the reason we should stay with him. We need to contribute a lot to the folks. Have a look at what has occurred. It’s the most horrible factor that has ever occurred in Kano State.
Did you simply say the persons are with Kwankwaso? What does this suggest?
In fact, Kwankwaso misplaced election in 2003, however he returned to energy in 2011. That was the primary time within the historical past of Kano State. It’s as a result of he belongs to Kano folks. In 2019, we didn’t have native authorities chairmen, we didn’t have something, however we gained the election.
We repeated it in 2023 once we additionally gained the election. These three situations are clear indications that Kano persons are with Kwankwaso. And insha Allah, in 2027, we’ll do the identical. Nonetheless, the folks of Kano will come massively as a result of they don’t like betrayal. We consider the folks will come out massively and reclaim their mandate. In 2027, insha Allah, Kwankwassiya will come again to energy.
However there’s one other difficulty the governor cited as a motive for defecting from the NNPP, which is inside disaster?
We don’t have inside disaster. He’s the one who introduced disaster. He’s the one who refused to meet the guarantees we had made. He’s the one who departed from the group’s targets, the Kwankwassiya targets. We’ve got our ideology. Being a governor in Kwankwassiya is rather like a membership captain. You don’t personal the membership, you’re solely the monitor or the chief consultant of the group. In fact, perhaps later he’ll contest in opposition to the Kwankwassiya. If he needs to contest in 2027, undoubtedly he’ll contest in opposition to Kwankwassiya’s NNPP.
Inform us extra concerning the Kwankwassiya…
We, Kwankwassiya, are a political motion. Each time Kwankwaso strikes, we transfer collectively. Now we’re in NNPP. In 2027, we’ll come out massively and vote for Kwankwassiya’s NNPP. I hope you perceive.
What concerning the talks across the inside disaster on the nationwide degree, which has to do with the emblem, the altering of your brand?
No, we don’t have disaster. Not too long ago, we concluded congresses from the ward degree to the native authorities degree throughout Nigeria. We had state congresses, regional congresses and nationwide congress. We did it efficiently within the presence of Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, officers. We didn’t have brand issues. And three months in the past, there was a by-election in Kano. We contested, and also you noticed our brand. I hope you perceive. We don’t have downside. Even proper now, subsequent month, February, there shall be a by-election in Kano. You’ll nonetheless see our brand on show. We don’t have a single courtroom case.
We don’t have any downside. He (Abba) created the issue as a result of he needed to have a shallow motive and to go away with our mandate.
Do you imply the emblem with fruit baskets or which brand?
It not exists as a result of we already had congresses. We already modified that one, and all of us agreed. The get together doesn’t belong to 1 individual. It belongs to all members. INEC accepted our new brand.
Our new brand is contained within the e book. We consider that with training, we will uplift our society. If we raise the folks of Nigeria, the folks can even raise the nation. We live peacefully in Kano. The truth is, we will say that NNPP is probably the most peaceable get together in Kano due to Kwankwaso. Have a look at the APC, they’ve completely different camps: Barau Camp, Ganduje Camp.
Will or not it’s proper if one says you folks in Kwankwassiya are placing up a construction to reclaim energy?
In fact. We have already got construction. Our construction began in 1950 from Northern Components Progressive Union, NEPU, the political get together of Malam Aminu Kano. We moved to the SDP, DPM and PDP. So, anytime we’re transferring, or if some authorities insurance policies warrant it, we transfer collectively as a result of Kwankwassiya is an ideology. It’s a motion. We have already got construction. Nothing affected us proper now. We’ve got every part on floor. What we’ll do, we’ll stay with the folks, and we’ll reorganize ourselves. And insha Allah, by 2027, we’ll reclaim our stolen mandate.
How do you propose reclaiming the mandate?
Governor Abba left with it. That’s the reason we’re going to reclaim it from him. Folks voted Abba as governor not due to himself. He didn’t have something that might entice you to vote for him. Folks voted for Kwankwassiya due to our ideology. Anyone beneath Kwankwassiya can win election anyday.
I heard you in a video saying you aren’t pleased with the actions of some individuals…
The individuals who failed our system are our lawmakers, members of the State Meeting from the NNPP. They got the mandate with out even taking part in major election.
They acquired their tickets by consensus. No one spent a single kobo. The truth is, we did every part for them and even gave them cash. As a substitute of them to warning Governor Abba and remind him of the place he got here from, all of them went along with him, particularly the Speaker.
The Speaker was entrusted with all affairs of the State Meeting. He was no person, however he was made due to the membership of Kwankwassiya. Sadly, they connived with the governor and took our mandate. It was unlucky that this occurred on this political dispensation.
In all of those political developments taking part in out, the Deputy Governor appears to be mendacity low?
To me, he’s not holding low profile. They acquired a joint ticket along with Governor Abba. He’s nonetheless doing his work. You understand, he’s deputizing. In the event that they want him, they are going to assign some tasks to him. He’s nonetheless with Kwankwassiya’s NNPP as Deputy Governor.
Ought to he resign?
Why ought to he resign when the mandate was given to each of them collectively? He won’t resign.
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