We demolished Golden Jubilee monument over Christian cross design – Kano govt
The Kano Negate Govt has revealed the main motive for demolishing the Govt Dwelling Roundabout, which used to be constructed by the administration of old Governor Abdullahi Ganduje.
The Secretary to the Negate Govt, Dr. Baffa Bichi, acknowledged the monument build in keep to commemorate Kano’s Golden Jubilee used to be pulled down on Wednesday as it carried the Christian symbol, a dart.
Baffa, a old Tutorial Workers Union of Universities, ASUU, Chairman at Bayero College, Kano, and old Govt Secretary of the Tertiary Education Believe Fund, TETFund, acknowledged it used to be fully inferior for this kind of Christian symbol to appear in a public construction in Kano whose indigenes are nearly 100 per cent Muslims.
Talking in Kano, Baffa acknowledged plans are also underway to put off the Christian symbol on the Muhammadu Buhari interchange at Hotoro, adding that the demolished roundabout used to be also obstructing the free drift of visitors.
“The roundabout used to be obstructing the survey of motorists, and secondly, in case you exercise a drone camera, you’re going to notion that the roundabout has a mountainous plan of a dart on top of it.
“And over ninety 9.9 or 100 percent of Kano indigenes are Muslims. So that you may per chance well additionally’t obtain a construction with a mountainous inscription of the dart on it. It’s in opposition to Islamic values.
“Our clerics told us that every time our beloved Prophet Muhammad saw anything else, irrespective of how cramped, with a signal of the dart on it, he would be sure this kind of part is destroyed.
“Even the Muhammadu Buhari underpass in Hotoro has a same plan, and I will vow you that plans are underway to make certain those symbols are removed from the bridge.”
Talking extra on the continued demolitions all the device thru diverse sides of the vow, Dr Bichi acknowledged officers of the old administration illegally obtained the constructions.
He maintained that the authorities would wonderful compensate of us with loyal proof of ownership documents.
“Anyone who is defending the encroachment of public establishments admire hospitals, colleges and Eid grounds is sick and wants medical consideration.
“Have to you encroached on authorities land and the authorities level-headed it relieve, there may per chance be no such thing as a methodology that you may per chance well additionally say any compensation.
“All these constructions we’re demolishing had been illegally obtained and shared amongst officers of the outgone administration.
“So, anyone stressful compensation have to silent dart and meet the person that sold the properties to them, for the reason that monies had been by no methodology remitted into the authorities story.
“If authorities collects your property to fetch infrastructure for the hundreds, it’s mandatory that such folks may per chance well be compensated however that’s no longer the case here,” Baffa stressed out.
The SSG also disclosed that the administration would equally enhance authorities resources and property sold open air of the vow.
