You Are Pitching Public Against FG, Group Hits Kano Govt Over Tinubu’s Palliatives Comment

• The Association for the Welfare of Poor and Vulnerable Nigerians (AWPON) has criticized Kano state governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s recent condemnation
• The association claims that the state government’s attempt to discredit the federal government’s policy is “unbecoming” and “aimed at pitching the public against the government”
• The association has called on the Kano state government to focus on developing the state’s cooperative societies instead of attacking the federal government

The Association for the Welfare of Poor and Vulnerable Nigerians (AWPON) has criticised Kano state governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s recent condemnation of the federal government’s intention to distribute Five Hundred Billion Naira (N500b) as palliatives to Nigerians.

During a meeting with representatives of the Kano Cooperative Society at the Government House on Thursday, the governor, through his Deputy Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo, lamented that the distribution was heavily biased.

According to Gwarzo, Lagos State will receive 47 percent of the allocation, followed by the South-South Zone (17 percent), with the remaining regions receiving much lower percentages.

However, according to a statement issued by the association in Abuja and signed by the National Coordinator, Mr Sambo Dogo, the move is “unbecoming of a state government like Kano.”

The state government’s attempt, according to the association, was aimed at “pitching the public against federal government humane policy.”

The claim was described as “baseless, unverifiable, and lacking in merit and authority.”

The statement reads;

Since the meeting between Deputy Governor and Cooperative Societies was part of the activities to commemorate the 2023 International Day of Cooperatives, the Deputy Governor should be occupied with state plan for the development of Cooperative Societies, NOT ATTACKING FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY OF CUSHIONING THE EFFECT OF OIL SUBSIDY REMOVAL.

When we read the press statement issued by the Press Secretary of the Deputy Governor, Ibrahim Shuaibu, on Friday, that, the distribution formula was “unfair, unconstitutional, and illegal”, we were shocked that Kano state government is faulting President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s action as “illegal and unconstitutional.” reads the statement.

The state government’s call on the relevant authorities and members of the National Assembly to rectify the situation and take appropriate action against those responsible proves to all that Kano state government under Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf does not even understand how government works. Ours is to pray for the people of Kano state to be saved from this inept and clueless leadership.