Kano State Governor Abba Yusuf in the early hours of Wednesday demolished the historic roundabout at the state Government House.
It be recalled the historic multi-million naira roundabout was remodeled and renovated by the immediate past administration of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The said roundabout known as Kano Golden Jubilee Monument, was erected in the year 2017, to commemorate Kano’s attainment of 50 years as a state.
It was gathered that the governor personally supervised the demolition of the roundabout, which is a few meters away from the entrance of the Govt House.
Meanwhile condemnations have continued to trail the demolition exercise.
Reacting to the development, former special adviser to former governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, said the demolition broke his heart.
Yakasai said once the NNPP-led administration lose the trust of Kano people there is no gaining it back.
“I woke up to this madness by Abba Rusau, this really breaks my heart. What justifiable reason is there to demolish this monument that has become the symbol of Kano?
“We’ve not seen any plans for a new Kano. We’ve not heard of ways to make Kano greater, all i’ve been doing since assuming office is vindictiveness, some justified others not so much. Once you lose the goodwill of Kano, there is no gaining it back, even if you will turn it to Mecca.
“The argument that the Kano Monument causes traffic is so baseball. There is huge traffic everyday around 5pm in different parts of Kano.
” Instead of solving the traffic situation in Kano, you can’t go about destroying a monument. While you’re at it, pls destroy Kofar Kabuga underpass constructed by Kwankwaso. It also causes traffic. Since we are all being mad.
“We were told the Kano Monument causes traffic, we were told it causes accident, we were told Ganduje used it to siphon funds.
“They don’t even know which argument to put forward in defending this madness. All of these can be addressed without demolition of the monument.”
