Muhammad Garba, Chief of Staff to former APC National Chairman and ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, has launched a scathing attack on the NNPP-led Kano State Government, describing its 2025 budget performance in the first nine months as “embarrassingly poor and unacceptable”.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Garba, who once served as Commissioner for Information under Ganduje and is a former President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), accused Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s administration of prioritising propaganda over governance.
Citing a recent budget performance review published by an online platform, Garba said capital budget implementation from January to September 2025 stood at less than 40 per cent, with particularly dismal results in critical sectors.
Key highlights of the criticism:
Water Resources: The Ministry of Water Resources recorded below 13 per cent capital expenditure, spending only N2.7 billion out of an allocated N21.1 billion.
Kano State Water Board: Despite a N5.6 billion capital allocation, the board “did not spend a single naira” in the period reviewed.
Garba called the situation “a shocking dereliction of duty” in a state battling chronic water scarcity, especially after the government declared a state of emergency on water supply.
He accused the administration of abandoning sustainable projects inherited from the Ganduje government, including the Tiga Hydropower Project meant to power water pumping and street lighting, and reverting to paying millions monthly to the Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO).
In education, despite declaring another state of emergency and giving the sector the largest budgetary allocation, Garba said performance remained abysmal:
Ministry of Education: 32.2 per cent capital implementation
Ministry of Higher Education: 7.7 per cent
He described the government’s focus on sponsoring selected students abroad as “political patronage” rather than systemic improvement.
“The gap between this administration’s loud promises and its actual delivery is now exposed for all to see,” Garba stated, adding that the figures confirm “the failure of a government that has invested more in propaganda than in governance.”
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