President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday met with a delegation of political and traditional leaders from Kano state led by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Speaking to State House correspondents after the meeting, the governor said they were in the Presidential Villa on a thank-you mission over the developmental efforts of the Buhari administration in Kano state.
He lauded the Buhari administration for addressing security challenges and ensuring socio-political stability in Kano state.
“We are here in order to thank Mr. President for the good governance in our country, Nigeria. And also we are here to thank him for the development of Kano State, especially in terms of infrastructure being provided. We are here also to thank him for peaceful election that took place on the 21st of January 2020, for which APC won almost all the seats.
“Also, we have to thank Mr. President for infrastructural facilities especially the gas pipeline that is starting from Ajaokuta to Kaduna to Kano, about 164 kilometres. We have to thank him for the total reconstruction of Kano-Kaduna-Abuja dual carriage road. We have to thank him for the heavy gauge rail-line from Kaduna to Kano and then from Kaduna to Niger Republic.
“We have to thank him for the dualisation of a Katsina-Kano road, Kano-Dahi road in Kaduna state, where work will soon start,” he said.
President Buhari, who received the delegation, has since departed Abuja for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ahead of the 33rd Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU).
He is expected back in Abuja on Wednesday.
