Ganduje sacks Commissioner over ‘unguarded utterances’ about late Kyari

- Kano state's commissioner for works and infrastructure, Engineer Mu’azu Magaji, has been sacked

- Governor Ganduje sacked Magaji for his unguarded utterances against the person of the late chief of staff to President Buhari, Mallam Abba Kyari

- President Buhari's aide, Bashir Ahmad, said the commissioner was celebrating Kyari's death on his Facebook page

Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has sacked the state's commissioner for works and infrastructure, Engineer Mu’azu Magaji.

The commissioner was fired over his unguarded utterances against the late chief of staff to President Buhari, Abba Kyari, a statement signed by the commissioner for information, Muhammad Garba, disclosed.

Ganduje said the commissioner, as a public servant, ought to have respected the office by refraining from any act capable of rendering it to disrepute, The Nation reports.

President Buhari's personal assistant on new media, Bashir Ahmad, had said on Twitter that the sacked commissioner was publicly celebrating Kyari's death on his Facebook page.

"I am really disappointed and pained by the Kano State Commissioner for Works, Engr. Muazu Magaji’s remarks on Mallam Abba Kyari’s demise, the commissioner was seen publicly celebrating the death on his Facebook page. I hope @KanoStateNG and @GovUmarGanduje will call him to order," Ahmad tweeted.

After the commissioner was sacked, Ahmad said: "The Governor has taken an action, the Commissioner has just been sacked following his unguarded utterances.

"According to a statement from the Kano State Government House, late Abba Kyari had led a life worthy of emulation by serving his country to the best of his ability."

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The presidency had in the early hours of Saturday, April 18, announced Kyari's death.

The deceased had tested positive to the ravaging COVID-19 and had been receiving treatment an unknown location.

He, however, died on Friday, April 17, according to a statement by the presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina.

Kyari who is from Borno state is seen as the most influential personality in the presidency before his demise.

The late chief of staff has been buried in Abuja. He was interred at exactly 11.20am on Saturday at the military cemetery in Abuja’s Gudu neighbourhood amidst tears from family members and supporters.

The men who lowered the remains of Kyari were in full personal protective equipment as required by the ministry of health in the burial of COVID-19 victims.

Meanwhile, Nigeria's former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has expressed condolence over the death of Kyari.

In his reaction, Atiku who was the presidential candidate of the lead opposition party, PDP, in 2019 said on Twitter: "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. I am saddened by the death of Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari. May Allah SWT comfort his family, forgive his sins and grant him AlJannah Firdaus. Ameen."

Also, the minister of state for labour and employment, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to Kyari's death. Keyamo disclosed on Twitter that he had a discussion with the deceased on Tuesday, March 24.

According to the minister, during the discussion, the late chief of staff told him that his health was fine and that he (Kyari) would faithfully take the treatments.

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