Following recent allegations against the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin, that he was behind the cancellation of the appointment of one of the Directors of the Hadejia, Jama’are River Basin, an All Progressive Congress (APC) Support Group, has exonerated the Deputy Senate chief
Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso one of the formally appointed directors in the River Basin, is speculated to have gotten his appointment cancelled by the Federal Government on a reason yet to be known.
The development did not go down well with him and some of his supporters, who went on social media accusing the Deputy President of the Senate of being behind the alleged cancellation.
However, reacting to the speculation an APC support group, said in a statement signed by its President, Dr Tijjani Dan Mai Kirki, that Senator Barau Jibrin has nothing to do with the cancellation because he is not privy to appointing anybody, and that he has no such executive powers.
“In any case appointment and or review of appointment, is nothing new to government, because after appointing a person, a Technical Committee would be set-up to reexamine his suitability or otherwise.
“And in the case of the appointment of Musa Illiyasu Kwankwaso, same technical committee worked on his appointment and saw that he is not an Engineer by qualification and the place in question requires a qualified Engineer or technician to managed.
“With this, we didn’t see where Barau Jibrin comes in, don’t forget that was how they accused him of sacking a former State Minister of Housing, which was done unilaterally by President Tinubu after receiving a performance reports” he stated.
Dr Tijjani Dan Mai Kirki, further notes that after the review of the appointment of the Director Hadejia Jama’are River Basin, another suitable person, also from Kano, would be appointed, so there shouldn’t be any course for alarm.
The support group then cautioned politicians against unnecessary creation of tension against innocent individuals like the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin.