The drama out of Kano over the exalted throne of Emir seems to have no end as the state government approved 99,928,541.63 for the renovation of so-called defective fence and surroundings of the Nassarawa mini Palace where the 15th Emir of Kano, Aminu Ado Bayero, is currently residing in another bid to displace the occupier.
The state government in the course of seeing to the end of the time of Bayero, and reinstating Sanusi Lamido Sanusi had served the deposed Emir eviction order to which the police failed to execute.
The latest attempt to get Bayero out of the way was conveyed by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf.
The governor announced the sum approval by the State Executive Council on his official Facebook page after the council’s 15th meeting this weekend.
According to him, the Executive Council also approved other key projects notable among them include the renovation and upgrade of the D-Ward for the establishment of a Sickle-Cell Care Unit at the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano at the sum of 81,621,546.76 and a contract for the construction of Post-Midwifery Institute at Gezawa local government area at the sum of N770,858,450.39.
Others are: the state executive council approved a contract for the completion of the construction of College of Nursing and Midwifery at Madobi local government area at the sum of N57,066,422.52.
It also earmarked the sum of N447,621,640.79 for the payment for the excess workload allowances for lecturers in the two state-owned universities, Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology Wudil (ADUST) and Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano (YUMSUK).
