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Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano State is among the contenders for the
presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the
2015 general elections. Kwankwaso, in this piece, unfolds his agenda for
Nigeria.Today I look at Nigeria and I feel sorry for the high level of
insecurity and other challenges that stare our nation on the face and I
feel that something urgent must be done to address the rot in the
system. Nigeria cannot continue to operate as an orphan in the comity of
nations having been abundantly blessed with human and material
resources to be a global leader.
I believe that I can change the sad story of Nigeria to something of a
celebration if given the opportunity to lead. I have the confidence that
I can replicate the Kano magic for Nigeria. Today, Kano is proud that I
came to the scene in 2011 and change the landscape for them.
Despair and hopelessness have been replaced with happiness on the faces
of the people of Kano. Dilapidated public institutions have been
replaced with new ones while the poor have been integrated into the
system and given a means of livelihood and taken off the streets.
Today, as a result of my leadership in Kano, I have succeeded in
establishing three brand new cites known as Kwankwasiyya, Amana and
Bandirawo in addition to constructing three monumental flyovers that
have helped to remove the traffic snarl in the metropolis. I have also
provided 220kms of dualised and electrified roads to all the 44 LGAs of
the state translating to 5kms for each of the councils at the cost of
N80 billion.
To get the city running without power failure, I have signed and MoU for
35 Megawatts Independent Power Project at Challawa and Tiga dams at the
cost of N14.2 billion solely from the state coffers.
Free, compulsory education
Under my administration, we have made education free and compulsory from
the primary to the university. Behind that we have a special post
graduate training programme for graduates who pass out with First class
or Second class upper grades. So for our graduates, all you need to
secure further training by the government is to pass with at least a
second class upper. For those who are reading medicine, we engage them
as workers on G/L 7 while they are still studying.
When they graduate we send them abroad to study in specialised areas so
as to become specialists and more useful to the society. So far, we
have trained 501 youths for postgraduate studies abroad at the cost of
N1.8 billion. Another set of 100 youths has been dispatched to Jordan
for Piloting and Aeronautical Engineering studies at the cost of N1
billion. Another 100 of our youths are studying Medicine in various
universities abroad at the cost of N1 billion. One hundred others are
pursuing courses in Pharmacy overseas at the cost of N800million while
100 females are studying Medicine with specialisation in Gynaecology at
the cost of N1 billion.
At the same time, while 25 have been sponsored to study Marine
Engineering in India and the United Kingdom, 14 others are undergoing
various courses in Technical Education at Bradford, England. The second
batch of our 502 youths sponsored by my administration to pursue their
PhD courses abroad is doing very well in their chosen institutions
across the globe. We are spending at least N2.8 billion on them.
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