The Kano State Commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Ibrahim Waiya, has called on Deputy Governor Aminu Gwarzo to step down after he declined to defect alongside Governor Abba Yusuf to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Speaking to journalists in Kano on Thursday, Waiya said effective governance depends on trust, loyalty and shared political understanding within the executive arm of government.
He argued that it would be improper for a deputy governor who no longer shares the same political platform as the governor to continue taking part in sensitive government deliberations.
“This is his personal decision, but there is no way someone who is no longer with you should be part of the routine council meeting.
“Who knows with whom he might share important government secrets? In government, things are done based on trust, and you can’t trust someone who is not with you,” the commissioner said.
Waiya maintained that resigning would be the most dignified course of action available to the deputy governor.
“If I were him, I would humbly resign,” he stated.
His comments come amid ongoing political shifts in Kano State following Governor Yusuf’s recent defection from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) to the APC.
Waiya described the governor’s move as advantageous to the state, explaining that aligning with the ruling party at the federal level would improve Kano’s access to development initiatives and federal support.
Governor Yusuf, who emerged victorious in the 2023 governorship election on the NNPP platform, said his decision to join the APC was driven by the need to strengthen collaboration with the Federal Government and attract more development projects.
Reports indicate that Yusuf officially left the NNPP and was formally welcomed into the APC at an event in Kano, alongside several key political figures.
The defection reportedly involved members of the Kano State House of Assembly, federal legislators, local government chairmen and councillors, a development that significantly weakened the NNPP’s political hold on the state.
