The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday said Kano would not have risen to become a commercial nerve centre to reckon with without the presence of the Igbo and other ethnic nationalities.

He also blamed the elite for the ongoing agitations by some sections of the country to secede.

Ganduje made the comments when the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, visited him over the death of Danmasanin Kano, Alhaji Maitama Sule.

On the elite, he said,“Sometimes, you can have knowledge without wisdom; that is the basis of what is happening to our present elite. That is why we have these ethnic agitations. It has no wisdom.

“Your coming to Kano to console us tells a lot across the divide. It speaks much about the national integration we are trying to achieve.”

He said that knowledge without wisdom was the cause of the present agitation, stressing that most Nigerians involved in the agitation had knowledge but lacked wisdom.

Ganduje said, “It pains us that some people are calling for separation. When the ejection order or migration order was given, we in Kano said no; that nobody was going anywhere. Here in Kano, we discussed with our youths and we discussed with the people and we discussed with those, who are being referred to as non-indigenes.

“We have abolished that boundary in Kano as everybody residing in Kano is an indigene of Kano State. You can only say that you are an indigene of Kano with primordial claims elsewhere. But as far as we are concerned, you and your children are indigenes of the state.”

He said Kano’s accommodating nature was historical.

“Kano being the commercial nerve-centre of the North, Kano being the commercial nerve- centre of some West African countries, could not have attained that status without other nationalities or without other parts of the country, especially the Igbo. So, if that is our pride, why do we have to break our backbone of commerce?

“We need to maintain our status. And to maintain our status, we need people from all over the country to be with us. America is great because people from different cultures, people with different comparative advantages were put together; everybody came with his talent, with his own initiation, with his own wisdom. That is what made America to be great. You can hardly be great with homogeneity; heterogeneity is the way to development all over the world,” he argued.

In his remarks, Ikpeazu said the unity of Nigeria was not questionable.

He said, “My position is that the unity of Nigeria is not questionable. ‘I spent the entire seven years at the University of Maiduguri from age 16 and I took my Masters degree from there. I have also worked in Lagos in the West. I have seen the entire states in Nigeria and I have seen the rainbow that beautifies the country.

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This is Unity begging at its finest.

The reasonable ones know the truth....

Where is Lalasticlala sef

I beg to disagree with this governor when he said you hardly develop with homogeneity. Most of the developed countries are homogenous or close to one.
Japan, South korea, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, France, Malta, Qatar, Isreal, finland, ireland, iceland are like this. Even the United Kingdom is grouped by ethnic lines; England(English people), Wales( Welsh people) and so on.
Even some of the developed or deceloping countries in Africa are like this. When you talk of Morroco, Algeria, botswana( I so much love this country). I thought as practicing Muslim and Arab wannabe, he should know that the middle east are mostly arabs.
Nigeria must separate wheter he likes it or Not.

We Yorubas are very large( 40 million in size) to form a greate country binded by similar culture, language, and history; not by the British like the way Nigeria is.
Thanks

we need to maintain our status. And to maintain our status, we need people from all over the country to be with us. America is great because people from different cultures, people with different comparative advantages were put together; everybody came with his talent, with his own initiation, with his own wisdom. That is what made America to be great. You can hardly be great with homogeneity; heterogeneity is the way to development all over the world,” he argued


Yet some ppl think someone is holding their destiny by shutting doors to everyone else and living their entire lives in other ppls region......penny wise, pound foolish

Not only Kano

conductor14:
This is Unity begging at its finest.

You mean like northern Igbo(s),nnamdi azikwe and Igbo governors.

Igboesika:
Not only Kano

only fellow mad people take a mad woman serious.

The man is trying to fool the igbos.. Dont quote me if u dont want motor to jam u

Basic123:
only fellow mad people take a mad woman serious.

Keep calling your Sister mad woman for saying the truth.
And you are also free to lie to yourself to be happy.
You know the truth and only truth can set you free.

Igboesika:
Keep calling your Sister mad woman for saying the truth. And you are also free to lie to yourself to be happy. You know the truth and only truth can set you free.

me and you know that woman is a mad woman

you can choose to believe her to make yourself and family happy.

Mr Governor, so your status is more important than the wishes of all Igbos ?

You must be out of your mind!!

Basic123:


me and you know that woman is a mad woman


you can choose to believe her to make yourself and family happy.

The same you and your people will come out to defend her if she make a statement against Igbos, talking of double standard this is the height of it.

Ucheosefoh:
The same you and your people will come out to defend her if she make a statement against Igbos, talking of double standard this is the height of it.

The same you and your people will call him mad woman to discredit her if she make a statement against Igbos, talking of double standard and hypocrisy, this is the height of it.

Nigeria as a whole is nothing without the Igbos

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The difference between the Igbos and other tribes in Nigeria is the fact that while other tribes recognise the valuable contributions of 'others' to their development, the Igbos arrogantly think they are the threads holding Nigeria together. We depend on each other, no region is self-sufficient...but the Igbos still believe otherwise. Thank you Kano for showing maturity.

It's already too late...The sun has risen already!!

Give us date for referedum and stop all of these nonsense!!

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conductor14:
This is Unity begging at its finest.

Keep encouraging yourself. Who is begging who?

Biafra you must get!

Leonbonapart:
Nigeria as a whole is nothing without the Igbos

Weh done Sir!


You would have said the Solar system as a whole is nothing without Igbo!

Too much of chest-beating!

Nothing

U gained admission u post it on Facebook,
Going for lectures u post it on Facebook
Writing test/Exam u still post it on Facebook ... Result is out,u now want to keep it to yourself ,sister u beta post it ooo..cos I cannot greee..if u don't av data use free Facebook we want to see ur Result
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LOL. Obviously!!

Even Lagos cannot be Lagos without Ndi Igbo. We may not be running the federal government but we definitely run thingz in Naija.


O pari

Obvious truth....

If all the Igbos in Kano mobilize all their resources to vote for him. He's sure of winning again.

Politicians always tend to think ahead.

Its obvious that the northerners are morbidly scared of the unfolding reality. The imminent break up of Nigeria against their agelong belief that Nigeria is unnegotiable. They must have seen that the Arewa islamic Republic is going to be the worlds worst country in all parameters, even worse than the laggards like Chad & Niger! Little wonder why they shout war whenever we mention Biafra, its because they have seen that leaving them behind will be worse than death itself! Even when Biafra emerges, they will still need us to help them keep their economy afloat because sending Igbos out en mass will surely deal a massive blow on their economy. It still baffles me on how liability/parasites were able to control & dictate to assets for donkey years in this hell hole!