By Aluta News
October 25, 2020
Kano Government to offer free land for Kano indigenes in Diaspora
Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje said the state government would provide free land for Kano indigenes in Diaspora to develop residential building where they will reunite with their families especially during holiday visits.
“We are doing this to our citizens some of whom have been away for very long time and when they come visiting during holidays, they need spaces to settle and meet their families and loved ones,” Ganduje said.
The governor made the commitment during a virtual Diaspora Town Hall Meeting organised in Kano by the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Foreign Investment and Diaspora, Hajiya Hama Aware.
A statement on the meeting issued by Kano Information Commissioner Muhammad Garba, stated that already, there was a plan by the state government to grant land and tax incentives to would-be investors in the Diaspora.
Garba said the move is aimed in at promoting economic investments in various sectors in the state.
He quoted Ganduje as saying that, land acquisition has been made easy and speedy with the removal of bureaucracies and various tax incentives to encourage investments to boost the economy of the state.
The governor also pointed out that Kano currently enjoys a peaceful atmosphere to encourage any serious local and foreign investor to enjoy the efforts made by the state government in the area of security and massive infrastructural development.
He further expressed the state government readiness to reduce medical tourism, adding that, his administration would support the conduct of Kano Diaspora Day and Investment Summit in Kano.
In her contribution, the Chairman, Nigerian in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, commended Kano for putting steps in place for the passage of a bill for Kano citizens in Diaspora to be known as Kano in Diaspora Commission (KIDCOM).
Earlier, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Diaspora, Hajiya Hama Aware, who is the convener of the meeting, enumerated some of the successes recorded by the office to include the setting up of the Nigerian Diaspora Investment Trust Fund, Nigerian Diaspora Summit, establishment of a database of Kano citizens in Diaspora with over 100 members.
Others, included securing of a structure with focal point officers in US, UK, France, Benin, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia and China as well as two offices both in Abuja and Kano with resource staff, finalizing steps to launch KIDCOM website, among others.
Ganduje approved the creation of Kano in Diaspora portfolio in a bid to ensure the state government policies and programmes related to its citizens in Diaspora are observed with all sense of ownership and responsibility.
Other participants at the meeting include commissioner for information, Malam Muhammad Garba and Special Adviser to the Governor on Health Services Management, Dr. Fauziyya Buba.