By Editor
The integrity of the Kano State Civil Service is under a subtle but dangerous threat. While the administration focuses on service delivery and transparency, a “Trojan Horse” is reportedly operating from within. Abdussalam Muhammad Kani al-Gusawy, a lecturer at Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education, has moved beyond the simple neglect of his classroom duties to a more alarming level of administrative sabotage.
It is a fundamental rule of the civil service that an officer must operate within their designated mandate. However, al-Gusawy has allegedly abandoned his students to build unauthorized “links” and interfere with the operations of several critical government organs. His “dangerous ambition” has seen him poking his nose into:
The Ministry of Planning and Budget: Where sensitive fiscal strategies require absolute confidentiality.
The Ministry of Public Procurement, Monitoring and Evaluation: Where his meddling in procurement processes creates a massive risk of data leaks and procedural sabotage.
The Board of Internal Revenue (KIRS): Where the state’s financial lifeblood must be protected from partisan actors.
The Ministry of Justice (ROLAC) & Open Government Partnership (OGP): Where he uses the guise of “transparency” to gain internal information, only to turn around and use it for political opposition.
A Conflict of Interest and Security Risk
How does a classroom lecturer find the time to wander through five different ministries while his students wait in vain for their lectures? This is not “collaboration”; it is infiltration.
By positioning himself within the Open Government Partnership (OGP) and ROLAC frameworks, al-Gusawy is playing a double game. He sits in meetings to understand government secrets and then uses that knowledge to challenge and undermine government officials as an opposition figure. This is a direct violation of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, which forbids any act that puts a civil servant in a position of conflict of interest.
We are officially advising the Honorable Commissioners and Directors of these ministries to be on high alert. To allow a known opposition sympathizer and an absentee lecturer to have access to the “engine room” of the state’s procurement and planning is a security risk.
To the Ministry of Planning: Why is a lecturer involved in your budget data?
To the Ministry of Public Procurement: Are your monitoring reports being compromised?
To the Ministry of Justice: Is the OGP being used as a tool for political sabotage?
Conclusion: Pulling the Plug on Sabotage
Kano State cannot afford a civil servant who acts like a “free agent” or a “consultant” while drawing a salary for a teaching job he does not perform. Abdussalam Muhammad Kani al-Gusawy must be reminded that he is a subordinate employee of the state, not an overseer of its ministries.
We call on the Ministry of Higher Education and the Head of Service to restrict this individual to his duty post at Sa’adatu Rimi. If he prefers the life of a political operative and a ministerial “meddler,” he should be invited to resign immediately. The “Trojan Horse” must be stopped before the gates of our administrative secrets are fully compromised.
Written By: Mohammed B. Abubakar