Vote in Engr.(Dr.) Rabiu Kwankwaso, the Awolowo and Aminu Kano of the 21st Century as Nigerias next President This document contains a summary of some of the achievements of Engr(Dr.) Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso as the executive Governor of Kano state and the Awolowo and Aminu Kano of the 21st century. He is a strong believer in the ideology of these two great nationalists and has worked tirelessly day and night to implement what these two great Nigerians believed in. He is their student and he has not done badly in trying to live up to their ideals. If elected as Nigerias next President, rest assured that these achievements will be replicated across Nigeria. He needs your vote at the APC primaries and if he emerges as the Presidential candidate of the APC, he needs your vote to become the next President of Nigeria. - He is prudent with resources - Visionary leader -Man of integrity -Man of the people -Detribalised leader - He is number 1 in education among the Governors in Nigeria- free education at all levels including university education. - -Provided scholarships to more than 2500 Kano indigenes for their university education. -Transparent leadership -Training 100 Kano graduates sponsored to become pilots. -300 graduates sponsored to different areas of specialization in medicine -100 graduates sponsored for their Masters’ degree in Pharmacy. -24 graduates sponsored for their Masters’ degree in various fields of Engineering -Pays the school fees (N17m per year) of all the Kano law graduates at the Nigerian law schools. -Eliminated begging by paying them N10,000 per month until they graduate from skills acquisition program and pick up seed grants to start their own businesses. -Abolished office of 1st Lady -Abolished security vote that runs into billions of naira and is a corruption conduit -Stopped sponsoring religious pilgrimages thereby saving billions. -Spends 65-70% of annual budget on capital projects that benefits the people directly. Stopped ram buying for civil servants and saved billions of naira from this and other areas of waste which has been channeled into making education free from Primary school to University level. - Invested N1.1b in the purchase of 250 brand new cars and handed it over to unemployed graduates for them to run a luxury taxi business. -Met empty treasury, a debt burden of N77 billion and an additional $203 million in foreign loans on assumption of office, he has through prudent management of resources put Kano State on the path of accelerated development. -800 classrooms and 400 offices have been constructed in the primary schools across the state -Acquired 65 buses from the Urban Development Bank under the Federal Mass Transit Programme for transporting students to school and 20 high capacity buses which were distributed to public schools in the state under Kwankwasiyya Girl Child Initiative and additional 30 buses for the same purpose. -Free meals during school hours, free uniforms and free books have encouraged children of the less privileged in the state to go to school. “A child whose parents cannot give him three square meals can now go to school because he knows that there would be food for him to eat in school. -In order to provide access roads for the rural communities, started the construction of a five- kilometre road in the headquarters of each of the 44 local government areas of the state. -Numerous road and flyover projects across the entire state that makes Kano state look like one giant construction site. -Water supply to the people of Kano state rose from the meagre 40 million litres per day that was being pumped into the city to 200 million litres per day. -Upgrade and proper equipping of primary health care centers and government hospitals across Kano state. -1700 youths trained in the use of modern farm equipment and each mobilized with the sum of N140k each. -To ensure transparency no commissioner can approve an amount above N200k for any project, if above N200k it must be approved by the state executive council. -All medical students who are Kano indigenes get a level 9 civil service level salary per month from their 1st year of medical school to their housemanship. -Built two universities and several academic institutions within three years Free education at all levels in Kano State. -Trained 1120 unemployed youths as vulcanizers and mechanics and gave each of them between N53k and N63k and a tool box and machines to set up their own businesses. -Spends N3.3b annually to feed primary and secondary school students! - creating construction, developing and funding of Kano University of Science and Technology with 7 faculties and 29 departments - Northwest University with 4 faculties and 16 departments - School of Nursing and midwifery madobi - School of nursing Gezawa - School of health Technology Bebeji - School of Informatics Studies Kura -Awarding degree program at College of Education Kano -NCE and degree program at School of Legal Studies Kano -Sponsoring 501, 502 and 503 students abroad on scholarship -Skills Acquisition Schools in all 44 LGAs of the state - Over 27 crafts, technical, security, sport nd entrepreneurial schools were built all over the state. - Looking at this capital expenditure with the little IGR of the state and transformation that we have seen in all sectors of the Kano economy, especially transportation (road construction) education and health sectors it is clear that we have in Engr (Dr.) Rabiu Kwankwaso a leader that can govern Nigeria effectively
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