Kano Assembly turns down apology of suspended KASCO MD

The Kano State House of Assembly on Tuesday turned down an apology letter sent to the House by the suspended Managing Director of Kano Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), Malam Bala Inuwa.

The lawmakers rejected the apology tendered by Iunwa shortly after the Speaker, Alhaji Kabiru Rurum, who presided over the plenary session read the letter to the House.

According to Rurum, the suspended managing director in the letter said his action was not intended to disrespect the legislators and the assembly.

A member representing Tarauni Constituency, Alhaji Abubakar Zakari while contributing to the debate, said that Inuwa should first apologise through the media before the apology will be considered by the assembly.

Zakari said that the suspended managing director was heard on radio interview boasting that the legislature has no power to suspend him.

“The suspended managing director must go through the media first and apologise to the legislators.

“What he did was capable of tarnishing the image of the assembly,’’ he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Zakari submission was debated and supported by the members.

The members adopted the submission and ordered Inuwa to appear before the House committee on Agriculture to resolve the issue.

The committee was given six days to present its report before the House.

The assembly had ordered the state government to suspend the Managing Director following his failure to appear before the House committee on Agriculture to defend the proposed 2019 budget.

The assembly declared zero allocation to the agency due to the failure of the managing director to appear before the house to defend the propsed budget.

NAN