Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of
Kano state, will on Friday clinch the Africa Value Award for “effective
leadership and economic empowerment”.
The award is scheduled to hold in
Abuja, with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo as the special guest of honor.
The ceremony is holding at a time
Ganduje is enmeshed in a controversy. He has been accused of bribery.
In videos released by Daily
Nigerian, an online platform, the governor was seen allegedly collecting
kickbacks from contractors in the state.
Ganduje has since denied the
allegations, slamming a N3 billion suit on the newspaper.
The organisers of the award said
it was established to recognise African citizens and also honour governors,
legislators, captains of industries and other esteemed Africans in various
fields of endeavors.
“In the last three years, the
Ganduje-led administration has been able to make significant strides towards
implementing our development agenda to ensuring that Kano people enjoy the
dividends of change,” the organisers said.
“Not only that, development
programmes are evenly spread across the state in terms of infrastructure
development in the areas of road construction/rehabilitation, education,
health, water supply, environmental protection, agriculture, economy etc.”
Other awardees include Adeyeye
Ogunwusi, the ooni of Ife (African traditional ICON of the year), Ifie Sekibo,
chief executive officer of Heritage bank, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former
president of Liberia, Arthur Eze, chairman of Atlas Petroleum International
Limited, Babatunde Fowler,chairman of Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS).
President Muhammadu Buhari had
passed a vote of confidence on Ganduje, saying the governor is very
responsible.
Speaking to the Nigerian
community in France earlier in the week, Buhari said Ganduje was very
responsible to have continued and completed the projects started by his
predecessor, Rabiu Kwankwaso.
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