Muhuyi MagaJi Rimingado
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Early life[edit]
Barrister Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado | |
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| 4th Chairman, Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission Kano State | |
| Appointed by | Abdullahi Umar Ganduje |
| Preceded by | Umaru Idi |
| Succeeded by | Barrister Mahmud Balarabe |
| Executive Chairman, Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission Kano State | |
| From June 2015 - July 2021 | |
| Former Vice Chairman Rimin Gado LGA | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Muhuyi Magaji 22nd February 1975 Rimin Gado |
| Spouse(s) | 2 |
| Children | 5 |
| Parents | Malam Magaji Muhammad |
| Education | Bayero University Kano |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Muhuyi MagaJi Rimingado was born on 22 February 1975 in the Rimingado town of Kano State. Born from an Islamic scholar’s background, this gave Mr. Magaji an edge to study both Islamic and western education. He started his education at Islamic education before enrolment into Rimingado Special Primary School. His junior secondary education was at Rimingado Secondary School. After which he proceeded to Government Technical College Ungogo where he obtained his secondary school certificate.
Muhuyi attended Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Kumbotso for his N.C.E. programme. He proceeded to Bayero University Kano for Advance Diploma in Legal Studies and later for a Bachelor of Common and Islamic laws (LLB) respectively. He was called to the Nigerian Bar as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria after a mandatory one-year legal education course at the Nigerian Law School, Abuja Campus. He obtains a master's degree in Anticorruption. Barr. Muhuyi attended various courses at national and international institutions.
Anti-Corruption Crusade[edit]
A renowned human rights activist, a lawyer, and a dogged anti-corruption icon with vast experience in public and private sectors as well as non-governmental organizations. He started from a humble background and steadily out of a passion for the fight against corruption, rule of law, and seeking good governance through public service and activism that culminates into an anti-corruption crusade carrier at both civic and public service capacity Kano State and Nigeria at large. Also, acquired cognitive experience in public and private life for almost 20 years with particular reference to anti-corruption, money laundering, and public administration in both preventive and combating.
Grassroot Anticorruption Awareness Initiative GACANI[edit]
Muhuyi established a non-governmental organisation christened Grassroot Anticorruption Awareness Initiative in the year 2006 with a mission of combatting corruption, promoting transparency, accountability, and integrity at all levels and also, with a vision of providing livelihood in government, politics, businesses, civil societies, and the daily lives of people free from corruption. Muhuyi's unwavering and non-tolerance of corruption earned him a vice chairmanship ticket in his Local Government which later after his invaluable contribution during his two tenures of vice chairmanship, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje upon elected as the Governor of Kano State in 2015, appointed him as the Executive Chairman Kano State Public Complaints and Anticorruption Commission.[1]
Political career[edit]
For his services to humanity, elders from his community pressured Muhuyi Magaji to join partisan politics in which he eventually joined just to turn out as a Vice-chairman of Rimin Gado Local Government Of Kano State. He was twice a Vice-chairman of his local government from age 30 before becoming a full-pledged lawyer despite his record in the public service.
Kano Guber 2023[edit]
Muhuyi Magaji is expected to contest for the 2023 governorship election of Kano State been seen as one of the potential aspirants under the ruling All Progressive Congress
Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission[edit]
With the coming of Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in 2015, being a leader of the most populous state in Nigeria, he reasoned that to promote good governance and enhance dispute resolution mechanism in the state, there was the need to minimize friction and litigation processes among the populace, Governor Ganduje’s screened and settled for Barrister Muhuyi Magaji RaminGado's impeccable credentials and made him the Executive Chairman with a simple directive: “that place is not working, go and make it work!”. Upon stepping in, Muhuyi realized that there was a lot to be done to achieve this instruction. Then there were only 33 cases, with only 4 departments and staff strength whose capacity were abysmally low. On assumption of duty, he saw the need for competent manpower as the engine room for development, therefore, with Gov's approvals, scores of competent personnel were employed at the commission.[3]
Sanusi and Kano Emirate Council Probe[edit]
Muhuyi Magaji as chairman PCACC began a fresh investigation of Emir of Kano Sanusi Lamido Sanusi for an alleged illegal sales of landed property. The commission also invited him to appear before it on Monday 9 March 2020, to clear himself of the allegation. The commission’s investigation came two days after the state house of assembly directed the house committee on public petition to also investigate petition filed against the monarch. The commission had earlier submitted a report to Kano state government recommending the suspension of the emir. It, however, said the fresh investigation has nothing to do with alleged mismanagement of N3.4bn by the Emirate Council.[4]
Aisha Muhammad Bello Probe[edit]
Muhuyi applauded some judges in Kano for facilitating the course of justice against corruption, he insisted that the conduct of the judge in question, in no less amounted to judicial misconduct that, the agency would resist. He then accused a Kano high Court judge of impeding investigation and the judicial process on N100million fraud suit filed by the agency. The agency had filed a criminal suit against the immediate past Kano state Accountant General, Aisha Mohammad Bello who was accused of diversion of N100million.[5]
Price Hike[edit]
In Kano State and other parts of northern Nigeria, traders see the Ramadan fasting period as a time to maximise profit, especially on commodities that attract regular and high demand, including textile materials. As a result of the steady hike in prices of goods, the general public became restless because things became highly unaffordable to average families. People of the state called on the concerned authorities to come to their aid, especially as the promised palliatives were taking eternity to arrive. The Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission in the state, headed by Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado, a lawyer, mapped out modalities to address the issue of price hike. Part of the success achieved 50 kg of processed rice would be supplied and the retail price should not exceed N16, 000 per bag. It was also gathered that before the commission’s intervention, the price of made in Nigeria rice went up to N23, 000 in some major markets in the state. Similarly, the commission also succeeded in ensuring that the Association of Table Water Producers of Nigeria reduced the price of sachet water from N120 per bag to N80.
Suspension From Duty[edit]
Barely a week after an online news platform Daily Nigeria's reports on Gov Ganduje's plan to remove Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado, Kano State House of Assembly on the 5th of July 2021 announced his suspension as the chairman of the commission after receiving a petition from the state Accountant General for rejecting a direct posting of a staff from his office. For some, the reason for his suspension is a smokescreen, as it is firmly believed that he is involved in an investigation of the first family of Kano State.
https://dailytrust.com/breaking-kano-assembly-suspends-head-of-state-anti-graft-agency
Ganduje Probe[edit]
In later June 2021, the Daily Nigerian reported that Ganduje was pressuring the Kano State House of Assembly to remove him from his position as Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission. Earlier in June, Rimingado, who had been under public pressure to investigate Ganduje since the 2018 bribery scandal, had requested information on construction of the Kano Cancer Centre and the state government's procurement of diesel. The Cancer Centre's construction was purportedly controlled by an associate of the Ganduje family while the government diesel procurement was under the direct control of Ganduje's family members. When Rimingado began to look into the contracts and nature of the Cancer Centre's construction and diesel procurement, Ganduje pushed for his removal throughout June 2021.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Wane ne Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado?". BBC News Hausa (in Hausa). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Wane ne Muhuyi Magaji Rimin Gado?". BBC News Hausa (in Hausa). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Blueprint (2019-07-24). "Corruption has no hiding place in Kano – Gado". Blueprint Newspapers Limited. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Court restrains Kano anti-corruption from probing Emir Sanusi". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2020-03-06. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ "Kano anti-graft accuses judge of obstructing N100million fraud case". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2018-07-07. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ↑ Nigerian, Daily (2021-06-26). "Plot to remove Kano anti-corruption boss, Muhuyi Magaji, thickens as commission probes Ganduje's family". Daily Nigerian. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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