{"id":44708,"date":"2024-07-31T17:00:22","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/protest-weve-uncovered-plot-by-politicians-to-cause-havoc-in-kano-gov-yusuf\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T17:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T17:00:22","slug":"protest-weve-uncovered-plot-by-politicians-to-cause-havoc-in-kano-gov-yusuf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/protest-weve-uncovered-plot-by-politicians-to-cause-havoc-in-kano-gov-yusuf\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest: We\u2019ve uncovered plot by politicians to cause havoc in Kano \u2013 Gov Yusuf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has raised the alarm that some unnamed politicians are plotting to hijack the August 1 protest in a bid to cause mayhem in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Yusuf, who spoke on Wednesday, said his government has uncovered moves by some selfish politicians to hide under the guise of the protest to unleash havoc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are ready to receive protesters for a peaceful dialogue in the Government House. I will not run away, let them bring their positions and I will go with my stakeholders to President Tinubu and present our position to him,\u201d the governor said.<\/p>\n<p>He called on Federal Government to quickly reconsider the prices of fuel and electricity and also open the borders to allow for the importation of goods into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Yusuf also urged the government to reduce the cost of essential commodities and services to make life easier for Nigerians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me remind that when we came on board we spent time to ensure that peace that had been previously eroded in the state was returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have uncovered moves by some disgruntled elements and politicians to purchase red caps and share them among thugs to use during the protest and loot shops and kill innocent persons,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The governor said his government is planning a price control office in the state to ensure that prices are stabilized and goods sold at uniform prices.<\/p>\n<p>He said his administration is all out to make sure that life becomes meaningful to the common man, adding that the government has returned Public Suggestion Boxes to receive advise directly from the people.<\/p>\n<p>Protest: We\u2019ve uncovered plot by politicians to cause havoc in Kano \u2013 Gov Yusuf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has raised the alarm that some unnamed politicians are plotting to hijack the August&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1658,15,761,1118],"tags":[8,2303,290,22628,764,1123,180,1576,2003,600,762,22629,1756,279],"class_list":["post-44708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kano","category-news","category-top-headlines","category-yusuf","tag-akwa-ibom","tag-cause","tag-gov","tag-havoc","tag-headlines","tag-kano","tag-news","tag-plot","tag-politicians","tag-protest","tag-top","tag-uncovered","tag-weve","tag-yusuf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}