Bribe Video: Despite Blackmail, My Blood Pressure Normal, Says Ganduj

Despite the viral bribe video allegedly showing Kano State
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje receiving kickbacks from
contractors, medical personnel at Shiekh Jidda General Hospital in
Kano city on Tuesday certified the governor’s blood pressure as
within normal range.

Ganduje, 69 years old, was at the hospital to commission the Dr.
Bello Umar Dikko Accident and Emergency ward, constructed by the
state government.

Following blood pressure check conducted on him by a nurse in
the hospital, the governor’s blood pressure was found to be
120/80mmHg, which is medically accepted as within normal range.

Taking swipe at political antagonists aiming to smear his image
lately, the governor, who was obviously relaxed, said: “This shows
that the blackmail is not effective, it has failed, it is a
deception and it is fictions”.

He said the Accident and Emergency ward was constructed and
fully equipped to further standardize operations the hospital,
which is the first public health facility in the state.

The governor enjoined the management of the hospital to ensure
efficient management of the new 20 – bed ward so that the teeming
population within its catchment area can take maximum advantage of
its services.

Ganduje praised the former Speaker of the state House of
Assembly, Yusuf Abdullahi Ata, who facilitated the project, under
the State legislature constituency project scheme.

In a related development, Ganduje commissioned an 80 cubic meter
Walk In Coldroom constructed at Muhammad Abdullahi Wase General
Hospital in the state , at the cost of N50 million.

“This is a storage facility for all our vaccines. It will go a
long way in improving Routine Immunization activities in Kano”, he
asserted.

“I was in charge of fighting Polio for seven years and arising
from our programmes, projects and the tripartite arrangement we had
with development partners, our state has been Polio free for almost
four years now”, the governor added.

Meanwhile, the governor walked for nearly two kilometers, amid
rousing cheers, to inspect the on-going construction of the Murtala
Muhammad Flyover in Sabon Gari area of the state capital and
assessed on-going work at the multi level Dangi flyover as well as
the State Skills acquisition center in the outskirts of Kano
city.