Kwankwaso Incurred over N50bn Liability on Roads in LGAs, Kano Govt Alleges

Ibrahim Shuaibu in Kano

The Kano State Government yesterday alleged that former state Governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso administration left a liability of N54, 408, 259, 638.05 billion on the five km road projects across the 44 local government areas of the state.

The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who made the disclosure yesterday, was highlighting to journalists the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting held at the Government House in Kano.

He said the council received the report of the technical committee to assess the 5 km road projects, all of which were awarded by the previous administration under the defunct Ministry of Land and Physical Planning with the state Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA) as supervising agency.

Garba said the committee visited 39 local government areas, where its detailed report indicated awarded contract sum for the projects, present site conditions, value of executed works, amount certified and amount released for the projects.

The commissioner pointed out that the 5km projects in three local government areas in the state were revoked and rewarded due to non-performance in Warawa, Ungogo and Dawakin Tofa, while some portions of the projects in Tsanyawa and Bichi on Kano-Katsina road were released to the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing based on request from the federal government.

He said other three projects in Rimin Gado, Karaye and Bunkure Local Government Areas which fall within main arterial highway were expunged from the main project and re-awarded separately for execution, while metropolitan local government areas of Dala, Nassarawa, Gwale, Municipal and Tarauni were allotted various projects within the municipality as 5km projects.

Garba pointed out that the council has approved the release of N607, 124, 663.47 million for the rehabilitation of Rimin Gado-Sabon Fegi-Jilli-Gulu road in Rimin Gado LGA.

The commissioner stated that approval has also been given by the council for the conversion of the existing School of Post-Basic Midwifery in Gezawa to the status of School of Nursing, Gezawa, to broaden the platform for training of more qualified midwives in order to reduce maternal and infant morbidity and mortality rate in the state.