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From Desmond Mgboh, Kano
Some Civil Society Organisations have called for the immediate resignation or sack of the Chairman of the Kano State Public Complain and Anti-Corruption Commission, Barrister Muhuyi Magaji over alleged partisanship and incompetence.
The groups also demanded a re-visit of the recommendations of the 2006 white paper report that dealth on the land scandal of the Kwankwaso ,administration.
A communique signed , Tuesday at the end of a one-day Conference on Good Governance Appraisal in Kano, State urged the state government to halt further demolition of properties of innocent citizens..
The communique was signed by the National Coordinator of Coalition for Good Governance and Change Initiative (CGGCI), Comrade Okpokwu Ogenyi, National Coordinator of the Progressives League of Youth Voters, Comrade Abdul Shuaibu and National Coordinator of Northern Nigeria Civil Service Group.
It reads: “That the government should, as a matter of urgency, compile a comprehensive list of victims of the demolition and commence the process of compensation.
“That the government should set up a committee to verify genuine landowners with the view to return the same property to them.
“That Governor Abba Yusuf should take his time to study the handover note of the previous administration instead of taking hasty decisions, bearing in mind that government is a continuum.
“That the state anti-corruption commission has completely been politicized especially with the appointment of a partisan and card carrying member of the NNPP as Chairman and therefore Barrister Muhuyi Magaji, should either resign honorable or sack immediately.
“That the Kano state government should appoint a more senior, experienced, non-partisan and competent person to replace Barrister Muhuyi Magaji immediately in order to give credibility to the commission
“That the the state government in the spirit of fairness should re- visit the recommendations of the 2006 white paper report that exposes the land scandal of the than former governor of the state Engr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso instead of chasing shadows .”
Speaking earlier, some of the victims of demolition and traders lamented their ordeals. One of the victims, Umar Ibrahim, said they were not given notice before their property were demolished, adding that goods worth millions of Naira had been looted as result of the demolition.
