Transition will be seamless, Ganduje assures NNPP gov-elect

Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has said that his administration is committed to ensuring peaceful and seamless transition to the incoming government.

The state Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Muhammad Garba, siad this while responding to allegations by the Gubernatorial Transition Committee, GTC, of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, that governor Ganduje is undermining the transition process.

He said the main transition committee and the various sub-committees are working towards smooth handing over of power in the state.

“The main transition committee and the various sub-committees at the levels of Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are working tirelessly and have made substantial progress towards preparing handing over notes to the incoming administration.

“While the transition committee by the outgoing government prepares final handing over report, the committee by the incoming administration will eventually receive the report at appropriate time.

“The inclusion of representation from the incoming government was based on the need to ensure transparency and openness in the process,” he added.

Garba added that since the outgoing government is having all the relevant data and information at its disposal which the transition committee is gathering, the incoming government needs the least representation in the committee, just as obtained in other states where transition is between different political parties.

He noted that the aim of the transition committee was to prepare a handing over from one government to another and not presenting or promoting any form of ideology.

The commissioner indicated that the outgoing government expect that the issue of ideology and new programmes to be initiated by the NNPP should wait for the unveiling when the new government is inaugurated.

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Garba also called on the elements of the incoming government to tread carefully and work for a smooth transition process and avoid anything that could sabotage the process.

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