Joint Account: Four Kano LGs Opt Out of Litigation Against State Govt

Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano

Four local government councils in Kano state have rejected any form of litigations against the state government over a move to jointly finance a N27 billion interchange project in the metropolis.

In a press conference at the weekend in Kano, the acting Chairman of Gwale Local Government, Bashiru Dandago said that his council members were not part of the decision to drag the Kano state government to court over the joint account issue.
According to him, the suspended LG chairman, Khalid Diso who appeared in the litigation against the state government was still under suspension by the State House of Assembly.

“On behalf of myself and members of the Gwale Local Government Council, we wish to announce to you that we dissociate ourselves from the said litigation against the state government on the use of money from a joint account to fund the construction of interchanges at Tal’udu junction and Kofar Dan Agundi.
“We are not part of that litigation and are not also aware of it as it also amounts to impersonation for the former local government chairman to enter into the litigation on behalf of Gwale Local Government Council.

” The man parading himself is still under suspension, in addition to a court order to restrain him from parading himself as Gwale Local government Chairman” he stated.
The chairman therefore announced that they were going to take steps towards ensuring that their position is respected by the court while reiterating support for the construction of the two interchanges in the Kano metropolis by the governor.

He further said that though he would not pre-empt them, other local government leaders are also in support of their stance.
The 44 local government councils in Kano State had dragged the state government before a Federal High Court in Abuja to stop financing the N27 billion interchange project in the state capital.

Recently, the Kano state government embarked on the construction of the two interchanges at Tal’udu junction and Kofar Dan Agundi in the metropolis, worth the amounts sourced from the state and local government joint account.