Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje
Barely 24 hours after Kano state’s Deputy Governor, Professor Hafiz Abubakar tendered his resignation, two aides to Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje have resigned from their positions.
The two affected aides, who tendered their resignation letters on Monday are Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Public Affairs, Alhaji Shamsu Aliyu Samanja and a Special Adviser on Non-Governmental Organisations, Alhaji Abdulhadi Zubairu Chula respectively.
Their letters of resignation were received by the secretary to the state government.
Samanja and Chula are loyalists of Senator Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso and were expected to join him in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) soon.
•Culled from a Daily Trust report
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