Kano state governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, had written to the Presidency to postpone the visit of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to the state.
This is contained in a statement by Ganduje’s Chief Press Secretary, Abba Anwar, a copy of which was made available on Saturday.
According to Anwar, Ganduje made this known during an interactive session with scholars, legislators, political leaders and business community in the state at Government House, Kano on Friday, adding that the decision was taken to avoid any unforeseen circumstance.
“As we are waiting for this important visit, we found ourselves in this situation, which puts citizens into untold hardship. For security purposes, we wrote to the Presidency that President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Kano be postponed.
“We got an acknowledgement copy of the letter. People are really suffering because of this policy,” the governor said.