The Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has held a strategic meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, where he presented key priorities of his administration centred on security, infrastructure, and stronger partnership with the Federal Government.
The development was contained in a statement signed and released on Tuesday by the governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Dawakin Tofa.
Governor Yusuf’s meeting with President Tinubu on Monday came amid growing rumours and speculation about his possible defection to the All Progressives Congress. The speculation was heightened after the Kano State APC Chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, said on Monday that Yusuf might likely receive his APC electronic membership card on Tuesday upon his return from Abuja.
Abbas made the disclosure while addressing ad hoc staff at a training programme on the party’s e-registration ahead of the flag-off of the exercise in the state.
According to the statement, the closed-door meeting was used to formally brief the President on pressing challenges and opportunities in Kano State, particularly the worsening insecurity in some local government areas. The governor informed President Tinubu about the recent tragic killing of a housewife and her children, stressing the need for decisive federal support to strengthen security operations and protect innocent citizens.
“The governor highlighted the role of the Kano State Neighbourhood Watch Corps in complementing security agencies and called for deeper collaboration with federal security institutions. Governor Yusuf also discussed Kano’s development agenda, with special focus on mega infrastructure projects,” the statement said.
It added that the governor also used the opportunity to thank the President for federal intervention on the Wujuwuju Road, describing it as a critical step towards unlocking economic growth and job creation in the state. He sought the President’s support and cooperation to fast-track federal projects and ensure Kano benefits maximally from federal programmes and investments.
“He sought the President’s support and cooperation to fast-track federal projects and ensure Kano benefits maximally from federal programmes and investments,” Dawakin Tofa said.
President Tinubu, according to the statement, assured Governor Yusuf of the Federal Government’s readiness to work closely with Kano State to address insecurity and promote sustainable development across the state.
Related developments around the same period include reports on Obidient Movement members joining the African Democratic Congress in Edo State, claims that ADC and Obidient collaboration will unseat the APC as stated by Odigie-Oyegun, and disclosures that the Abuja stadium is expected to gulp N24 billion from the National Sports Commission’s N203 billion budget.
