Kano commissioner resigns over Governor Kwankwaso’s alleged plan to join APC

Rabiu Kwankwaso , Governor of kano state

• The Kano State Governor is being wooed to join the APC.

The Kano State Commissioner for Education, Farouk Iya, has resigned his appointment in protest against alleged moves by Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso to join the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Speaking to journalists on Thursday in Kano, Mr. Iya said he was not ready to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the APC.

“It is true that I have submitted my resignation letter to the state governor, because the government is trying to or has joined APC and Iam not interested in the APC. “The governor is my leader and there is nothing wrong between me and
him but I will remain in PDP,’’ he said.

The resignation letter, made available to journalists by the commissioner, reads: “In view of the government’s decision to join the
APC, I hereby resign from the executive council.

“I will no longer be in a position to give you my honest contribution when I have no allegiance to the party.

“This letter comes from my greatest respect.”

Mr. Kwankwaso recently received leaders of the APC in Kano, who were wooing him to dump the PDP and join the new party.

The Kano governor, alongside governors of six other states, is a member of the Abubakar Baraje faction of the PDP tagged New PDP. The seven governors are being wooed to join the APC.
(NAN)