
The All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima has described the ongoing construction of an ultramodern cancer centre in Kano as a “great development” that will benefit the people of the entire country and beyond.
Senator Shettima made the remark while visiting the construction site at Giginyu quarters in Kano.
The vice-presidential candidate, who was being taken round the project by Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, applauded the “efforts and commitment” of the governor in “initiating and constructing” the centre.
He advised other state governments to emulate Governor Ganduje’s “good gesture”, especially in the aspect of providing “dividends of democracy” to the electorate.
Senator Shettima also paid courtesy visits to some elder statesmen of Kano indigene, including Alhaji Musa Gwadabe, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, Retired Brigadier General Ja’afaru Isa and Alhaji Aminu Dantata.
Senator Shettima said the purpose of the visit was to seek their “blessings and advice”.
In their separate remarks, the elder statesmen commended the “zeal” and “commitment” of the APC flag-bearers towards moving the nation forward.
He was Accompanied at the different stops by Governor Ganduje and other APC stalwarts.