Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has relieved Engr. Buba Galadima of his appointment as the Chairman of the Governing Council, Kano State Polytechnic.
The governor’s spokesperson, Sunusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, announced this in a statement on Saturday.
In his stead, the governor has approved the appointment of the Emir of Gaya, Alhaji Dr. Aliyu Ibrahim Abdulkadir, as the new Chairman of the Governing Council of the institution.
The statement said the decision to relieve Galadima of the position followed the restructuring and alignment with Kano First Agenda.
The statement added, ”Although the tenure of the Governing Council is for a period of three years, the appointment of the Chairman was terminated before expiration due to the ongoing reforms for optimal performance of the Polytechnic.”
”Governor Yusuf expressed appreciation to Engr. Buba Galadima for the services he rendered to the institution during his tenure as Chairman of the Governing Council.
”The Governor urged the newly appointed Chairman, the Emir of Gaya, to bring his wealth of experience, leadership and commitment to bear in repositioning Kano State Polytechnic for greater academic and administrative excellence.”
Galadima, a strong ally of Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, is a major chieftain of New Nigerian Peoples Party.
In an interview with Trust TV shortly before Yusuf’s defection to the All Progressives Congress, Galadima had warned Governor Yusuf not to go against Kwankwaso.
‘They know that apart from God, the person who made them is Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso. Each and every one of them. I am sure if they sleep, if they go to bed, they cannot sleep. Because it was Kwankwaso single-handedly that made them chairmen and legislators. But God did not abandon him.”
”God made Abba Kabir Yusuf governor of Kano State. But anything that happens in this world, there is a reason. There is a ladder. Kwankwaso is that ladder. To all elected NNPP people in Kano, even PDP, even APC. There is no single elected APC person in Kano that did not go through the Kwankwaso school of politics. If there is, tell me. Starting from Ganduje, Abdullahi Abbas, Barau Jibrin, Kawu Sumaila, who are they? All of them were Kwankwaso’s boys.”
