Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has launched a compendium and documents on the achievements of his administration in investment and other sectors of the economy in the last eight years.
Ganduje launched the materials at the Government House, Kano on Wednesday, at a ceremony graced by members of the business community, traditional rulers and the academia, among others.
The achievements were recorded by the Ganduje administration through the Kano State Investment Promotion Agency KanInvest and the Diaspora.
Launching the compendium and the documents, the governor commended the director-general of KanInvest, Hon. Hama Muhammad Ali Aware, for organizing the event, which he said represented the achievements of the agency under her watch.
Represented by his deputy, Dr.Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, the governor described the publication of the compendium and other documents by the agency as a significant milestone which would enable it to discharge its functions effectively.
He said the books would also serve as veritable tools for successive management to drive the goals of the agency to make Kano the prime investment destination.
Which he said was his administration’s goal and vision for establishing KanInvest in 2015.
In her remarks, the director-general of KanInvest, Hon Aware, thanked Governor Ganduje for giving her the opportunity “to serve my dear state and to be part of the legacy of this great administration.”
She said this had given her the opportunity to contribute in transforming the economic landscape of the state by attracting new investments, sustaining current investments and most importantly, creating an enabling environment for investments to thrive with ease in the state.
In his remarks, the royal father of the day, the Emir of Karaye, Alhaji Dr.Ibrahim Abubakar II commended Ganduje for ensuring peace and harmony in the state, which he said enabled the achievements recorded by his administration in the investment sector.
The Emir also congratulated the personalities that received various awards at the occasion, saying that they deserved the honour in view of their enormous contribution to the achievements in the investment sector in the state.
The awards were given to the important personalities for their immense contribution to the improvement of the investment landscape in the state, and they included Ganduje, business mogul, Aliko Dangote, the wife of the governor, Prof. Hafsat Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, and the director-general of KanInvest and Diaspora, Hon. Hama Ali Muhammad Aware.
Other recipients were Senator Barau Jibrin, the senator representing Kano North in the National Assembly and the chairman of KanInvest, Alhaji Isyaku Umar Tofa.
