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THE NATION MONDAY, MARCH 10, 2014 USEFUL PHONE NUMBERS ON ANY EMERGENCY Council endorsed the useful phone numbers submitted by the security agents in case of any emergency on the metropolitan Roads. Accordingly, the public may easily contact KAROTA for: Breakdown of Vehicle(s), Traffic Congestion, Accidents, and Illegal/Wrong Parking on – 08091626747. Similarly, the State Police Command could be contacted on – 08032419754, 08123821575. In addition, the State Fire Service can also be contacted on – 07051246833, 08191778888.
139TH KANO STATE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING
PREPARED BY COUNCIL AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, KANO.
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ano State Executive Council under the leadership of the second (2nd) incumbency (tenure) of Governor Engr. Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSEhas so farsat for one hundred and thirty-eight (138) weeks out of the two hundred and eight (208) weeks lifespan of the administration. During these sittings, policies and decisions were taken for the
execution of projects, programs, schemes, etc. targeted at positively transforming the lives of the citizenry in Kano State. The performance of the government is impressive in all sectors, which include Education, Infrastructural Development/Maintenance, Potable Water Supply, Agriculture, Empowerment/Entrepreneurship Training, Healthcare Delivery, etc. Impressive multitudes of mega projects were initiated with the outright resolve to see them to their completion within the four (4) years tenure of the present administration. Seventy (70) weeks remain within which to achieve this including the current, which was heralded as the week for the one hundred and thirty-ninth (139th) sitting of the Kano State Executive Council. Ten (10) MDAs submitted forty-two (42) memoranda for deliberation by the Kano State Executive Council during its one hundred and thirty-ninth (139th) sitting held today Wednesday 5th March, 2014 (4thJamada Ula, 1435 AH) under the Chairmanship of Governor Engr. Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE. However, before deliberating the forty-two (42) memoranda submitted, Council as usual reviewed the 138th sitting. At that meeting, nine (9) MDAs submitted thirty-nine (39) memoranda, out of which 27 were approved for execution with an expenditure of Five Billion, Six Hundred and Seventy Seven Million, Five Hundred and Eighty Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Forty Three Naira, Thirty Nine Kobo (N5,677,588,843.39) covering twenty (20) projects. The remaining seven (7) memoranda approved were on policies. After the review, Council tabled the forty-two (42) memoranda submitted for the 139th sitting. Thus, out of the forty-two (42) submitted and deliberated upon, twenty-two (22) of the memoranda were approved for execution. Out of the twenty (22) approved, eighteen (18) of them were projects tied with an expenditure of Five Hundred and Eighteen Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Four Thousand, Fifteen Naira, Eighty Five Kobo (N518,734,015.85). The remaining four memoranda were on policies. Thus: 1. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT The Secretary to the State Government submitted eighteen (18) memoranda on behalf of the Chairman (Governor Engr. Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE) and some MDAs for deliberation by Council. Ten (10) of them were approved for execution as follows: a ) Request for Funds to Enable the Payment of Outstanding Expenditure and Enhancing the Monthly Overhead of Shari'ah Court of Appeal:The State Ministry of Justice communicated to Council the indebtedness of the Shari'ah Court of Appeal, which was endorsed and presented to Council for consideration by the Secretary to the State Government. Specifically, fifty-seven (57) Shari'ah Courts, supervised by the Shari'ah Court of Appeal, incurred an expenditure of N10,500,000.00, which was still outstanding for payment. Details were presented for consideration and granting of approval for release by Council. Further, Council was requested to approve the augmentation of the monthly overhead from the current N1,220,000.00 to N2,000,000.00 to enable effective management of eighty-seven (87) Shari'ah Courts. Council acknowledged the two (2) prayers as relevant and approved as follows: i. Approval was granted for the release of the aggregate sum of N10,500,000.00 to the Ministry of Justice to enable the payment of the outstanding expenditure incurred as stated. ii. A standing approval for the quarterly release of the sum of N6,000,000.00 was granted to the Ministry of Justice at the rate of N2,000,000.00 monthly as overhead for the Shari'ah Court of Appeal. b) Presentation of Progress Report on Foreign/Local Training for the Month of February, 2014:Office of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Engr. Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE on Foreign Training submitted the cited report, which was endorsed and presented to Council for consideration by the Secretary to the State Government. The report was the first of its kind submitted on the first batch of 501 Kano State Indigenous Post Graduate Students sponsored for studies abroad. Specifically, the main highlights of the report were as follows: o 472 of the 501 Indigenous Kano State Post Graduate Students sponsored by the State Government for Post Graduate (MSc/MA/PhD) are already in various Universities/Colleges in Countries abroad undergoing various courses. o 29 of the 501 either declined the offer or were omitted (8 were omitted, 21 declined the offer). Further details on the countries, universities, courses, completion dates, etc. were presented to Council for consideration along with the following three (3) prayers: i. Council should consider granting of approval for collaboration between the Kano State Government and Dangote Refinery UNITAR for the employment of some of the Postgraduate students on completion of their studies. ii. Council should consider granting approval for the Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Training to visit the students in their various Schools to ascertain their academic progress and psychological wellbeing and assess their respective employment potentialities. iii. Council should consider granting approval for Governor Engr. Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE to honour the invitation submitted from the University of Rhodes Center for Non - Violence and Peace Studies, Kingston, USA to visit the School whenever appropriate to him. Council acknowledged the presentation appreciatively and approved as follows: o Issuance of the directives to the Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Training to always liaise with the Secretary to the State Government and the State Ministry of Higher Education in the discharge of his duties. o Issuance of directive to the Office of the Secretary to the State Government to provide the Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Training with an official vehicle and office equipment to enable him operate more efficiently. c) Presentation of a Proposal for the Establishment of an Organic Fertilizer Company in Kano State:An Enugu based Company, Messrs. Additone Company Ltd. submitted the cited proposal to the State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources for the establishment of an Organic Fertilizer Company in the State using refuse/waste being dumped by households within the State. The feasibility of adopting the Company's offer was discussed at series of meetings held by the stakeholder MDAs in the State and the following were recommended to Council for consideration pending accepting/adopting the offer/proposal: i. That the Company's proposal was in line with the prominent policies of the present administration on; o Job creation o Environmental Sanitation o Urban renewal o Revenue generation o Provision of agricultural inputs, etc.
ii. That establishing the Organic Fertilizer Company in Kano State will have the benefit of ensuring significant reduction in environmental oxidation associated with usage of chemical/inorganic fertilizer. Such will enhance increased agricultural production as a substitute. iii. The Company will provide viable solution to the persistent problem of refuse disposal and ensure steady supply of required quantity of fertilizer for use by our teeming farmers. iv. Proximity of the prospective Company to its raw material would in turn reduce the cost of production of fertilizer, which may result to cheaper cost of the product. v. Evidence is required pending establishment of
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the Organic Fertilizer Company. 20Kg of waste shall be collected from ten (10) different refuse disposal Centers for analysis. 10Kg are to be taken to the USA for analysis while the remaining 10Kg will be analyzed by the State Ministry of Environment for comparison. vi. That the Promoters (Messrs. Additone Company Ltd.) will shoulder full burden of funding the establishment of the proposed Organic Fertilizer Company while the Kano State Government is expected to support by providing a factory plot at a suitable location, Tax Relief and regular conveyance of refuse to designated site for the Company by REMASAB. Council appreciated the presentation and approved as follows: i. Accepting the offer as proposed by Messrs. Additone Company Ltd. the Organic Fertilizer Company in Kano State. ii. Endorsing the arrangement for the complete funding of the project by State Government provides a factory plot, Tax relief and delivery of Company by REMASAB. iii. Authorizing collection of 20Kg of the State's refuse/waste sample for the State Ministry of Environment and the USA.
for the establishment of the Investor while Kano refuse to the proposed experimentation at both
d) Request for Funds to Enable the Conduct of Authentication Exercise on Presented Documents in Respect of Some of the 501 Postgraduate Kano State Indigenous Students Sponsored for Studies in Jordan:The cited exercise involve thirty-four (34) of the students who were given an ultimatum within which their documents must be authenticated by the Federal Ministry of Education for subsequent endorsement and transmission to Jordan by the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a necessary condition pending their registration for the final semester of their programme. Details were presented to Council for consideration along with the financial implications to the tune of N405,500.00, which was requested for release to enable the conduct of the exercise. Council noted, considered and approved the release of the aggregate sum of N405,500.00 to the Secretary to the State Government for onward payment to the Ministry of Higher Education to enable the State Scholarship Board conduct the stated exercise. e) Request for Funds as Assistance for the Conduct of Marriage Ceremony in Respect of Habiba Uba:Habiba Uba was raised and catered for to adulthood at the Nassarawa Children's Home, Kano. 20 years of age, Habiba Uba currently holds a National Diploma from Aminu Kano College of Islamic Legal Studies and was married in accordance to Islamic Injunctions under the supervision of the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development. Accordingly, the Secretary to the State Government endorsed the cited request from the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development and presented to Council for consideration. The State Government was requested to intervene in assisting with the release of funds to the modest tune of N375,000.00 to cater for the Customary Parental Obligations, which include provision of bed and beddings, kitchen utensils, etc. Council graciously approved the release of the requested sum of N375,000.00 to the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development for the stated purpose and prayed to the Almighty Allah to bless the marriage of Habiba Uba to her spouse with his bounties and love. 2. MINISTRY OF WORKS, HOUSING AND TRANSPORT The Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport submitted six (6) memoranda for deliberation by Council. Five (5) of them were approved for execution as follows: The contents of the four (4) memoranda reminded Council of the efforts of the present administration in the repairs/installation of street and traffic lights within the metropolis. Majority of the major roads, such as Murtala Muhammed Way, Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Zoo Road, Gwarzo Road, Obasanjo Road, IBB Road, Sabo Bakinzuwo Road, Kwarnar Diso-Emir Palace Way, Kofar Naisa -Mandawari Road, Sheik Jafar Road, Abdullahi Bayero Road, Sharada Road, BUK Road, Emir Place Road, Aminu Kano Way, Audu Bako Way, Zaria Road, Plaza-Kofar Mata Road etc. have streetlights leading to the control of incessant criminal acts, reduce social vices and extend business hours. The benefits of such expenditure could not be quantified easily. Kano metropolis has joined other developed business centers in rapid modernization, development and expansion. However, due to the failure of PHCN to supply constant electricity, lighting these streetlights must depend on electric generators. These generators require fueling and services to operate. Thus, these memoranda were requests for the settlement of fuel supplied to the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport for the operation of the electric generators. a ) October, 2013 - Five (5) Receipts Presented Covering the Aggregate Sum of N66,305,360.00. Council noted, considered and approved the release of the requested sum of N66,305,360.00 to the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport to enable the payment of fuel consumed by the Task Force Committee on Installation/Repairs/Reactivation of Street and Traffic Control Lights in the month of October, 2013. b) December, 2013 - Five (5) Receipts Presented Covering the Aggregate Sum of N80,522,200.00. Council noted, considered and approved the release of the aggregate sum of N80,522,200.00 to the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport for fuel consumed by the Taskforce Committee on Installation/Repairs/Reactivation of Street and Traffic Control Lights in the month of December, 2013. c) December, 2013 - Fifteen (15) Receipts Presented Covering the Aggregate Sum of N15,565,000.00. Council noted, considered and approved the release of the aggregate sum of N15,565,000.00 to the Ministry of Works, Housing and Transport to enable the payment for fuel consumed by fifteen (15) MDAs in the month of December, 2013. d) January, 2014 - Ten (10) Receipts Presented Covering the Aggregate Sum of N10,615,000.00.