Replying Kwankwasiyya movement faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Kano State Government said it would not fold its arms and allow public assets in the state to rot away.
In a statement on Sunday the state commissioner for information, Malam Muhammadu Garba, said the state government is revitalizing under-performing assets in the state through Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement.
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Garba said: “Contrary to the erroneous believe, such abandoned and structurally defective properties some of which have been in comatose would be turned around by committed stakeholders.”
Garba added that Daula Hotel, which had been abandoned for years, has become a hiding place for criminals, even as the School of Hospitality and Tourism situated within its premises only occupies 10 per cent of the structure, would now be developed to a residential building for enhanced revenue generation.
He added: “As for the once vibrant Triumph newspapers unceremoniously closed down by the Kwankwaso administration in 2012, one quarter of which was converted to a public convenience, was revived by the present administration and now relocated to a more convenient place befitting a newspaper house to pave the way for the development of a more economically viable and modern Bureau de Change Market that can generate more revenue to the state and provide employment opportunities to the teeming populace.”
The commissioner stated that the state Zoological Garden is being relocated from residential areas for public safety because when it was established, the garden was in the outskirt of Kano with no human inhabitance.
According to him, the place will now be put to more economic use, stating that no zoo across the world is to be found in residential area.
Kwankwasiyya faction of PDP had accused the Ganduje administration of selling public assets in the state.
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