Kwankwaso will be spending another 4 years in office till 2015. Does that mean he is entitled to another round of house & other largesse? Lord have mercy. This is the one we know, only God knows what's happening in other states SHEGE BARAWO BANZA!!!

then what'd the president demand for?

i have tried my best to find one good news about this pdp led govt of nigeria but i can't find any. it is a very big shame.

And after d condemnations by us, d lootings continues. Becos they know we are fools, me too, and dats why they have refused to give us light, good roads and healthcare. Dis nations needs cleansing by d blood of corrupt politicians. As for me, am ready!

Lord have mercy! How can one person collecting 1.3b from state coffer that cannot afford to pay 18k minimum wage, what legacy are they leaving behind?

we live in a different world

Is this true? We still have a looooooooooooong way to go in this country.

yfirstson:

Tinubu actually started this madness

How? Source/ facts please

They all simply need to be killed. No mercy.

Happy fresh Air

Phi-de-Phi Power!!!

Are u guys supprised Not until u hear this, we in d state, kano knw dat d state is verty rich with enuf commercial activities thanks to the yar adua's administration that made the lagos and ph borders very tight and kano-maiduguri-chad very porous. Also kano have 44 local governments, the highest by a state in Nigeria. Then listen, every month, i mean every month each local govt give 2 million to d governor and 2 million to the emir(during mallam shekarau's regime), that is 88 million each mnth, multiply by a yr, 4yrs and 8yrs and ur head will spin. This is the reason they will kill to remain in government

peter_tosh:

Alhaji Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso demanded N1.3 billion from the Shekarau administration in lieu of the house of his choice that was to be built for him as governor of the state between 1999 and 2003 as provided for by the law, Kano’s former governor Malam Ibrahim Shekarau said in Kano yesterday. Kwankwaso is the current governor of the state, having won last April’s election.

The law in question provides that any civilian governor in the state since 1999 is entitled to a house of his choice, a salary for life, domestic servants and annual vacation at any country of his choice. The law did not however peg a particular amount for the house to be built. The generous provision also applies to deputy governors of the state.

Shekarau was making a clarification over an allegation by some Kwankwaso administration officials that he approved N300 million for the supply of furniture alone to his controversial Mundubawa Avenue residence, which was built for him by the state government.

Shekarau, who spoke through his media aide Sule Ya’u Sule, said when his administration approached Kwankwaso and asked for the type of house he wanted it to build for him as provided for by the law, he submitted to the then government a demand that a house to his taste would cost N1.3 billion. Kwankwaso also demanded that the money be monetized and paid to him, Sule said.

According to Shekarau’s aide, the money demanded by Kwankwaso was reduced by the then administration to N900 million, “since the money budgeted for the house built for Shekarau was not up to N700 million.” He said a voucher for payment of the money was already raised and the amount was about to be paid when Shekarau’s tenure ended and the voucher was left for Kwankwaso to pay himself.

Sule also said N250 million had since been paid to Kwankwaso by the Shekarau administration as monetized funds for the construction of an office as provided for by the law. He described as untrue the allegation by Kwankwaso’s aides that Shekarau’s residence was built by the state government at N3 billion.

He said building of the house in question was done at N420 million (less 10 percent tax) while furniture and other fittings gulped N269 million, also less 10 percent tax.

Sule said contract for the house was handled by a Kano-based indigenous construction firm while the supply of the furniture and other fittings was handled by one of the big shopping malls in Kano.

He also said the whole project was done under the supervision of the state Ministry of Works and Transport. It is not true that Malam Shekarau has many houses in Kano and other places, Sule said, adding that the former governor has no house except the one built for him by the government.

However, Governor Kwankwaso’s media assistant Jaafar Jaafar insisted yesterday that Shekarau’s house was built at N3 billion and not N689 million as claimed by his aides. He alleged that furniture for the house alone gulped N350 million.

Jaafar said the law provides that a former civilian governor is entitled to a six-bed room house, but that Shekarau had a 20-bed room house built for him by the state government.

http://www.dailytrust.dailytrust.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23123:kwankwaso-demanded-n13bn-for-own-house&catid=2:lead-stories&Itemid=8

See politics see money

And they claimed that they can't pay minimum wage

Thse who voted PDP should enjoy the aLooter governors

Corruption is an ever present disease that is scourging our society, the man should be brain washed like the so many others that have turned our nation to their father's property to do as they please.

For God's sake why are we behaving like animals in nigeria

Welcome to the cesspit known as Nigeria.Suffering and smiling.Continue to watch and suffer in silence.

The more i read news articles like this,the more i realize that in the near future i am going definately assasinate some people.

tofik22:

For God's sake why are we behaving like animals in nigeria

u mean d PDP led government?

I have said it before.all we need is a JJrawlings syndrome and every1 of those money-gulping scoundrels wil sit d furck tight.

I hope the beggers in lagos are reading this

Annual vacation in any country of his choice, paid for by Taxpayers?
These people don't deserve to live.

Kai!!
1.3million(13 x 100million)
After looting the nations treasury,the still have the audacity to debate about how much millions they Claimed they are ''entiled'' to.
Na thunder suppose roast them

tofik22:

For God's sake why are we behaving like animals in nigeria

WE are like all ANIMALS

(They loot daringly and we allow them to loot more happily)

texazzpete:

Annual vacation in any country of his choice, paid for by Taxpayers?
These people don't deserve to live.

SECONDED

N1.3billion=N1M x1,300. N1m in 1,300 places to build a house for just one man? Divide this N1.3B by N18,000 minimum wage workers are clamouring for, and dis figure will pay a total of 72,000workers. Is dis govt not mad?

geosegun:

WE are like all ANIMALS

(They loot daringly and we allow them to loot more happily)

Eagles Square is as good as Tahir Square. Expecting you there.

I am seriously considering going for Edo state government house come 2016, please nairalanders, help get me there!

This is exactly what I have been saying and to think that Shekarau who stood for the highest office in Nigeria would agree to be a part of this kind of thing. Perhaps we were clouded by a sense of patriotism and deluded by a whiff of hope. Then we all hailed his articulation and his humble background. But alas it was all just to get into power. They are all the same. Making and keeping dirty deals even across party lines. Same thing is happening in the house. The huge expenses incurred by the Upper and Lower houses are being enjoyed across the board. If I'm not mistaken no major fight has broken out over the excesses. Corruption is a Nigerian thing that has no fixed address, respects no internal boundaries, age or creed. Everyone seems to be in it. This is the path we have chosen and we have to live it out. So sad.

Ah! E a jere oooo!

Kwankwaso is a silent looter.