Kano State House of Assembly on Monday suspended the Managing Director of Kano Agricultural Supply Company, KASCO, Mohammed Inuwa, for his refusal to appear before the House Committee on Agriculture to defend the 2019 budget allocated to his agency.
The House Speaker, Kabiru Rurum disclose this to journalists on Monday, shortly after Committee of the whole House deliberated on various pressing issues, said the suspension would be followed by a zero allocation to the agency
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“In spite of the efforts made severally calling on the MD to appear before the committee all attempts prove abortive as he refused to pick the call,” the Speaker lamented.
The Speaker added that in view of this development, the House unanimously approved and declared zero allocation for the agency.
KASCO is saddled with the official duty of providing agricultural supplies to farmers in Kano and other States across the federation.
