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Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by petertosh: 7:54pm On Jul 14, 2011
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.

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by jensinmi(m): 10:12pm On Jul 14, 2011
shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked


PDP - SHARE THE MONEY!!!
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by ektbear: 11:06pm On Jul 14, 2011
Something similarly terrible in Kwara State undecided
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by sweetgala(m): 12:52am On Jul 15, 2011
How can it be stated in law that a house need be constructed for a former governor or official be it civil or political. They deserve at most an adequate pension.

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by obailala(m): 12:58am On Jul 15, 2011
peter_tosh:

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. shocked shocked shocked shocked shocked

Stupid laws like this make governance very lucrative. This is why we see aspirants being very willing to sacrifice a whole nation in order to win elections. angry

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by eros(m): 1:38am On Jul 15, 2011
Wow!!! shocked shocked shocked

1.3 Billion Naira to build a house from the government purse and this is stated by the law

Nigeria is truly a great country.

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by ushafe(m): 2:03am On Jul 15, 2011
so implementing minimum wage should not be a problem
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by ypad: 2:30am On Jul 15, 2011
Some of us are struggling to pay house rent while some building house for N3bn and N1.3bn. God help us.

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by ektbear: 2:47am On Jul 15, 2011
Where is ndu_chucks, alj_harem, abu-maryam and the rest of the northern crew to condemn this?

Kano, a city that is dying or has died economically. Should anyone be surprised, if this is the type of management it gets?
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by zibe(m): 6:58am On Jul 15, 2011
Laaawd have mercy. They can as well loot the whole treasury since no amount is provided for. Some blank cheque it is

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by edoyad(m): 7:21am On Jul 15, 2011
ushafe:

so implementing minimum wage should not be a problem
infact that minimum wage should be doubled. And we wonder how boko haram and other related groups find it easy recruiting young people
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by oluwabamis(m): 7:59am On Jul 15, 2011
im just shocked & speechless shocked shocked shocked
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by chimaike: 8:17am On Jul 15, 2011
All those GEJ critics una no go talk abt the incessant spending from these guys

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by norrisman: 8:23am On Jul 15, 2011
And this is the Nigeria some tools will tell you will get better one day? A country where something obviously illegal is enshrined into law and made legal. This was obviously passed into law by state house of assembly members who claim they are serving the interests of the people. Like someone posted earlier, the most an ex governor should get should be a good pension which at most is equal to what he earned while in office.

Nigeria is going to fail! Maybe not now but eventually it will fail. There are two types of people that want Nigeria to remain one, the type that benefit from the largesse e.g ex-governors in Kano and Kwara states and the type that are complete tools who can not reason or their brains are completely dead.

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by geosegun(m): 8:31am On Jul 15, 2011
THIS IS WORRISOME AND DEVASTATING.
HONESTLY NIGERIAN RULING ELITES HAVE NO CONSCIENCE.
WITH ALL THE MONEY THEY STOLE WHILE IN POWER, THEY STILL HAVE THE AUDACITY TO
CLAIM SUCH BOGUS LARGASSE.

TRULY, WE NEED REVOLUTION IN NIGERIA

I AM SURE NIGERIA HAS THE LARGEST RELIGIOUS GROUP (Christianity and Islam- alike) IN AFRICA.
WHERE IS THE PROOF OF OUR CLAIM OF KNOWING GOD.

WE HAVE TO TAKE OUR DESTINY TO INTO OUR HANDS AND GOD WILL COME AND HELP US.
THIS MUST STOP OR WE WILL BE DOOMED FOREVER


GOD HAVE MERCY

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by zxtos: 8:58am On Jul 15, 2011
shocked shocked Just unbelievable!!

Nigerian youths, where are you, while other youths are busy Orchestrating revolutionary changes??

For how long should all these be allowed to continue??

embarassed embarassed
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by sokoanugwa: 9:07am On Jul 15, 2011
What a joke
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by Tmany(m): 9:19am On Jul 15, 2011
pls was the house built with gold some politicians ought to be hanged
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by westexx: 9:22am On Jul 15, 2011
With all these stories about money , money everywhere.
I WILL NEVER NEVER NEVER BE POOR.
I AM A MONEY MAGNET AND I ATTRACT MORE AND MORE EVERYDAY


O YE NIGERIANS HEAR ME.
I WE G SPEND THE MONEY LIKE WE DRAW BREATH EVERYDAY
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by sweetgala(m): 9:28am On Jul 15, 2011
I'm afraid we need a Rowland and a Ghana style cleansing to improve the faith of Nigeria. A serious revolution , much more powerful and vocal than that of Tunisia and Egypt is required. After 50 years we are still dwindling in poverty.
I don't think people understand the gravity of this news 1.3 BILLION to construct a house. Not a state house , personal property which would be inherited by his children. In a region where child mortality is high , unemployment high, education standards low, and boko haram exists . It is a shame.

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by redsun(m): 9:30am On Jul 15, 2011
Nigeria is a failled state man,worse than somalia.Criminals make laws in nigeria to suit their cynical needs,while d suffers
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by redsun(m): 9:34am On Jul 15, 2011
Criminals like david mark,bankole and co make laws for civil citizens to abide by.Where in d world does such things happen?
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by dustydee: 9:52am On Jul 15, 2011
Ediots!!!
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by shady26(m): 10:05am On Jul 15, 2011
I wonder if this shekarau or kwakwaso generate up to these billions they r mentionn from the IGR of there state or r they as usual servicing this excesses from OIL MONEY frm NDlta?
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by Gbenge77(m): 10:11am On Jul 15, 2011
Accusations and counter-accusations.
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by yfirstson(m): 10:12am On Jul 15, 2011
Tinubu actually started this madness

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Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by shawonlese: 10:16am On Jul 15, 2011
Simple reasons why there are many Almanjiris in the state.
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by MMM2(m): 10:34am On Jul 15, 2011
Na small money 4 9ja,
Dey shoúld give him d money.
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by Nobody: 10:37am On Jul 15, 2011
May God help us ooo
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by akpanbaba: 10:44am On Jul 15, 2011
With this kind of money ,sharia can not work.
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by akpanbaba: 10:44am On Jul 15, 2011
With this kind of money ,sharia can not work.
Re: Kwankwaso Demanded N1.3bn For Own House by redsun(m): 10:49am On Jul 15, 2011
Sharia is for d manipulation and intimidation of d deluded,ignorant and poor bastards adherents by d one eyed moslem elites

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