The Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, has said the Deputy Governor, Aminu Gwarzo, should resign following his decision not to defect with Governor Abba Yusuf to the All Progressives Congress.
Channels TV reports that Waiya stated this while speaking with journalists in Kano on Thursday, stressing that effective governance is built on trust, loyalty and mutual confidence among members of the executive council.
According to him, it would be inappropriate for a deputy governor who no longer shares political alignment with the governor to continue participating in key government meetings.
“This is his personal decision, but there is no way someone who is no longer with you should be part of the routine council meeting.
“Who knows with whom he might share important government secrets? In government, things are done based on trust, and you can’t trust someone who is not with you,” the commissioner said.
The commissioner added that stepping down would be the most honourable option available to the deputy governor.
“If I were him, I would humbly resign,” he stated.
Waiya’s remarks come amid ongoing political realignments in Kano State, following Governor Yusuf’s recent defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party to the APC.
He described the governor’s move as beneficial to the state, noting that alignment with the Federal Government would enhance access to development projects and federal interventions.
Yusuf, who won the 2023 governorship election on the platform of the NNPP, announced his decision to join the ruling party at the federal level, citing the need to deepen cooperation with the Federal Government and attract more development projects to the state.
PUNCH reports that Yusuf formally dumped the NNPP and was received into the APC at a ceremony in Kano, where several members of the state political structure also switched allegiance with him.
The defection included members of the Kano State House of Assembly, federal lawmakers, local government chairmen and councillors, significantly weakening the NNPP’s grip on the state.
