The Kano State Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr. Yusuf Kofarmata, has congratulated the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, for his victory in the Supreme Court judgment that affirmed his election on Friday.
The apex court had set aside the decisions of the state Election Petitions Tribunal and the Appeal Court, sacking the state governor.
Justice John Okoro ordered that all the ballot papers from which Yusuf’s votes were deducted should be restored to him.
He stated that the said paper contains the logo of the Independent National Electoral Commission and the coat of arms as prescribed by the provisions of the Electoral Act, adding that the issue of party membership is an internal affair of the party.
In a statement personally signed and issued to newsmen on Saturday, Kofarmata said the stolen mandate of the teeming population of the state had been reclaimed.
He said the world had acknowledged that Yusuf of the New Nigeria People’s Party was the winner of the gubernatorial election, held on March 18, 2023, but the opposition – All Progressives Congress, attempted to snatch the people’s hard-earned victory through dubious means.
He said the affirmation of Yusuf’s election was a testimony that he was the popular choice in the state, assuring that his epic victory in the apex court would mean a lot to the development of the state.
He assured the people of the state that the Governor would fulfill his campaign promises in a bid to reposition the commercial state on the pedestal of development.
According to him, the administration of Yusuf had recorded giant strides within the first 100 days in office and beyond.
The Commissioner emphasised that the state government would continue to deliver gigantic projects for the betterment of the state.
“Governor Yusuf has recorded the unprecedented feat within just seven months in office because he is the true heir of the leader of Kwankwasiyya Movement, Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, whose cardinal principle is to better the life of the citizenry, ” he said.
While thanking the people of the state for their overwhelming support to the Governor and NNPP, the Commissioner appealed to the state residents to rally around the administration to take the state to the promised land.
He assured that his ministry would continue to invest heavily in higher education by repositioning the state’s tertiary institutions to the global standard.
Moreover, the administration will immensely invest in entrepreneurship and vocational institutes for human capital development.
He also assured that the government would sustain its foreign scholarship programmes throughout its tenure as promised during the election campaigns, stressing that education is one of the cardinal policies thrust of the Yusuf-led administration.
“The apex court had indeed saved the image of the judiciary, which was about to dent, following the verdict of the tribunal and appeal court that unjustifiably sacked governor Yusuf, ” he added.
