Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso has urged
lawmakers in the National Assembly representing Kano State to be resolute in
defending the interests of the state, saying the era of cheating the electorate
was over.
Kwankwaso said this on Wednesday while receiving the
commissioner representing Kano at the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and
Fiscal Commission (RMAFC), Engr. Bala Borodo.
He advised the legislators to protect the interests of the state
during debates on the review of the national revenue allocation formula
because, “Time has passed when those with the mandate of the citizens at the
federal level will shirk from striving for the rights of the electorate”.
He added, “The era when state representatives will abandon
people who elected them and join others to cheat the state is no more”, he
said.
The governor complained that “despite its potentialities
of mass land, population and social development, the Northern part of the
country is marginalized in the area of revenue sharing”.
In his remarks, Borodo said the RMAFC realizes the need to
review the revenue allocation formula to reflect changing realities, and that
the commission has completed plans on the matter.
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