The Kano State Governor-elect, Malam Abba Yusuf has warned local and international lenders not to grant any loan facility to the current state government under the incumbent Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, without his approval.
Yusuf has also ordered a stoppage of the ongoing construction in public places immediately.
The state government has replied the Governor elect that the incumbent Governor would continue to perform executive responsibility in the state over all matters until May 29 when the Governor elect assume office.
“Until he subscribes to the oath of office as governor on May 29, he remains what he is – a governor-elect – and does not have the powers of the governor.
“All he can do is to reverse some of the actions taken by his predecessor when he assumes office, if there is a valid reason to do so.
The Kano Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba in the statement said: “No governor-elect has the constitutional or legal powers to determine the direction of a state until he is sworn-in.”
The state government advised the Governor elect not to cause confusion in the state.
The Governor elect in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, warned local and international lenders not to grant any loan facility to the state government without his approval.
“Any such loan facility approved and issued to the Kano State Government between the date of election and the date of swearing-in without the explicit knowledge and consent of the incoming administration will not be honoured by the new administration.
“All subsisting lenders to the Kano State Government shall take notice that all terms and conditions for all existing loan facilities shall be renegotiated by the new administration guided by the utilisation audit/review of each loan facility,“ the statement said.