Kano APC chair questions minister’s appointment

The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, on Monday, described President Bola Tinubu’s appointment of Yusuf Atta as a minister as surprising, noting that Ata isn’t a celebration member.

Abbas said this on Monday in an interview with the BBC Hausa service monitored by PidomNigeria On-line in Kano whereas responding to the latest remarks made by the Minister of State for Housing and City Improvement, Alhaji Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, throughout which he threatened to dump the celebration.

The minister had threatened to dump the APC if the Kano State celebration chairman, Abdullahi Abbas, was re-elected because the celebration’s chairman for a fourth time period.

Abbas pointedly advised the BBC that Yusuf Ata, “isn’t an APC member,” they usually had been shocked by the explanations behind his appointment as a minister.

He stated, “For us within the celebration, he was by no means a celebration member. In the entire of Kano, in his native authorities, we got here third.

“We didn’t even know when he was appointed as a minister. We even advised the president that he’s not our celebration member, that he engaged in anti-party actions.”

Abbas stated his ambition is to turn out to be the governor of the state, to not stay the chairman of the celebration.

PidomNigeria On-line reviews that the minister’s present remarks in a viral video over the weekend additional uncovered the political crack within the Kano APC.

Additionally, in an announcement issued by the Particular Assistant on Media to the Minister, Adamu Aminu, on Sunday evening, stated the minister emphasised the necessity for celebration leaders to chorus from utterances that disrespect the Almighty God.

Ata attributed the repeated mantra of “Koda Tsiya, Koda Tsiya-Tsiya” to the custodian of the celebration management throne in Kano State APC, describing it as a blatant disregard for the supremacy of God.

He warned that such utterances might have extreme penalties, together with divine wrath and electoral defeat.

To this finish, the minister known as on the nationwide celebration chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, to unite the celebration in addition to restore sanity amongst its quite a few members.

Additionally, he emphasised that it’s the duty of celebration leaders to counsel any member who engages in verbal disobedience to God and to make sure that the celebration’s actions align with the values of its religious-minded members.