The New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Kano State chapter, has condemned the Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje’s fresh demand for N10 billion loan from Acess Bank to install CCTV cameras in the state.
A statement by the party chairman in the state, Umar Haruna Doguwa, said the “NNPP can’t sit down to watch this clueless administration stockpiling debts in the state without a commensurate achievement on ground.”
Ganduje has said the N10 billion CCTV project is aimed at improving security across the state.
The opposition party accused Governor Ganduje of “using his seat of power to mortgage the future of the state and that of our children.”
The statement reads. “Due to the failure of Ganduje’s government to pay their Senior Secondary School examination fees, countless students have been forced to drop out of school and others are on the verge of dropping out.
“Ignoring the fact that the state is experiencing widely increased water scarcity, the governor chooses to borrow to fund a project as insignificant as CCTV installation.”
The NNPP said the administration of Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, Ganduje’s predecessor, has earlier deployed CCTV in strategic locations throughout the state.
“However, the current administration, that seeks N10 billion loan to install new ones, failed to handle them, and the good people of Kano can’t trust a governor with the installation of new ones at their detriment,” the statement said.
The party urged the Kano State House of Assembly “to refrain from granting trivial demands from the governor.”
“We implore honorable members to put the needs of Kano’s good people ahead of the governor’s insatiable desire to wreck the future of the state before we defeat them in the 2023 election,” the opposition party said.
