Former Kano governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, has lamented what he described as ‘deliberate policy reversals and retrogressive measures’ taken by the ruling New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the State.
The former Governor said this in his message of felicitations with Muslim faithfuls on the occasion of the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations issued on Wednesday.
He noted that the new NNPP government led by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf was derailing the wheel of progress in the Kano state with the reversal of the policies in the statement issued on his behalf by former commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs in Kano, Malam Muhammad Garba.
He noted that at this period of Eid Adha celebrations, for example, the new NNPP government has stopped the salaries of over 10,000 workers employed under his administration under flimsy and unacceptable reasons.
Ganduje said the salary stoppage, which also affected other workers, particularly teachers some of whom he said were employed more than three months ago, has generated palpable fears in the state civil service for possible lay offs in other sectors of the state civil service.
Ganduje also expressed concern over the cancellation of promotion of civil servants and especially teachers as well as payment of their salaries based on their former grade levels.
The former governor said the ‘harsh policies’ of the state government did not come as a surprise to him because, stating that it was part of the plan to avoid paying the new minimum wage, which it once described as an All Progressives Congress (APC) manifesto.
Ganduje noted that the measure was also pointing the plan by the Abba Yusuf administration to sack the teachers he employed and replace them with their members.
While further sending his Sallah felicitations, he enjoined Muslims to learn from the lessons of the sacrifice which the Eid Adha teaches.
He stressed the need for unity, understanding and support for one another particularly in this period of economic and social insecurities.
