Kano People Need Better Education System, Not Flyovers, Kwankwaso Tells Ganduje

The former Governor of Kano State Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has commented on plans by Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje to construct a flyover with a N20bn loan at the Hotoro roundabout in the state Metropolis.

Ganduje had earlier in the week visited President Muahammdu Buhari and presented the prototype of a three-level road interchange along the Kano-Maiduguri road which will be named after the president.

Today I present the proposed @MBuhari 3 layers modernized bridge to be situated at Hotoro to president Muhammadu Buhari at the statehouse pic.twitter.com/qVAPa4AcCv

— Dr. Ganduje OFR. (@GovUmarGanduje) March 22, 2021

Reacting to Ganduje's plans on Friday night, Kwankwaso during an interview on BBC Hausa said road construction is the responsibility of the federal government. He advised Ganduje to focus more on a better education system in the state, empower youths to depend on themselves.

Kwankwaso said, “Even though we need flyovers in Kano, but what people need the most in the state is education. They need to focus more on our children to be educated and get entrepreneurial skills to depend on themselves.

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“Instead of Ganduje to go and see the president and ask him to do the bridge, because it is the responsibility of the federal government to do the flyovers connecting Kano City to Wudil, the governor went ahead and presented a photo that was badly designed which even the president did not understand and has something better in his office.”

He added that it was not a good idea to add to the debt of the state just because of a flyover, adding that the governor could not pay back, but rather would leave the coming governments with too many debts to settle.

He said his administration did not leave any debt to the state government, but that to his surprise, from that moment till now, Kano had N185bn debts to settle.