The Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that the administration of former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso in which he served as deputy began the sale of government properties in the state.
The governor stated this while reacting to threats by the state governor- elect, Abba Kabir-Yusuf, to probe the sale of government properties by the outgoing governor.
Reacting to the threats in a viral audio clip, Mr Ganduje said the sale of government properties was nothing new.
He also urged Mr Yusuf to ask his political godfather on how they began the policy.
He said: “Kwankwaso and Ganduje’s government, we are the ones who brought that policy, we sold out houses, most of them to workers, some to politicians.
“They are saying that we have sold government houses not knowing that his father in politics, his grandfather in politics was the one who started selling government houses.
“If he said it’s not true, let him go to a radio station and will get the list of the government houses his grandfather sold. Government houses that his father in politics sold out. This is not the time to enter that chapter.
“If I am to call out names of senior government workers and politicians that bought government houses, we can spend the night counting.”
Mr Ganduje noted that government properties are sold across all levels of government, adding that “it did not start now and, will not stop now and it is not a crime.
“This is nothing new. I worked in Abuja, I resided in a government house and at last, the federal government sold it to me.”
The governor added, “From the Federal to state level, the government is no longer building houses for its workers to reside. The ones it has have been sold to workers. It is nothing new.
“Government workers residing in its houses, most of them have been sold but those who bought them couldn’t reside because government workers are occupying them.
“Because there are new houses, government workers are being transferred into these kinds of offices and leave the houses to those who bought them.”
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