The governor of Kano, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has inaugurated the 44 local government council chairmen elected on the platform of NNPP on Saturday.
A statement by spokesman for the governor, Sanusi Dawakin Tofa, said Mr Yusuf thanked the good people of the state for coming out en mass to exercise their constitutional franchise peacefully in orderly manner.
The governor directed all the sworn-in 44 local government councils chairmen to go to their respective headquarters and inaugurate their vice and councillors, adding that on Monday they should report to their offices and assume duty.

“I must place on record that election observers had adjudged Saturday’s election as the most peaceful election ever conducted in the state.
“I want to thank and congratulate the leadership and management of Kano State Independent Electoral Commission (KANSIEC) for a thorough and foolproof job, in spite of the unnecessary distractions occasioned by irritant politicians who wanted to stop the state from conducting the elections for their own selfish motives,” he revealed.
“When this administration took the mantle of leadership of this state, we resisted the temptation to dissolve the then existing Local Government Councils in the state.
“This administration defied all internal and external pressures to dissolve the councils even though all of them were members of the opposition party, APC. Not only did we preserve the existing councils, we never denied them any of their entitlements.
“Indeed, our party did not have even one chairman or councilor, we treated them with respect and provided for them what they could not even have in the last administration of their own party.
“This fair and just treatment of the former elected Local Government Council members was not even obtained in many states controlled by their own party.
“Let me seize the opportunity to congratulate all the 44 elected chairmen the 484 elected councilors for being found worthy by the electorate.
“Your constituents have placed a huge burden of trust on your shoulders and each and every one of you will account for his actions or inactions before Allah SWT on the Day of Reckoning.
“I therefore implore all of you to be constantly reminded by the oath that you have taken bearing in mind that every decision, every kobo must be accounted for in the presence of Allah SWT,” the governor warned.
He appreciated the contributions of all those who played positive roles in the success recorded in this just-concluded exercise.
He also thanked the security agencies, who provided the necessary personnel to ensure the protection of lives and property throughout the exercise as well as pressmen who did their job with professionalism.
The inauguration was attended his deputy, the speaker of the state House of Assembly, national and the state NNPP members, commissioners and party leaders as well as thousands of supporters.
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