The governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, who was caught on tape receiving bribe in hard currency from contractors, has been conferred with ‘Best Governor in Infrastructure Development’ award by LEAD Innovation.
Mr Ganduje, who is currently facing probe at the Kano State House of Assembly for bribe taking, received the award on Sunday at the 10th LEAD Innovation Festival at Lagos Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
In his remark at the ceremony, Mr Ganduje thanked the group for honoring him with the award.
According to him, his administration recorded achievements in education, healthcare, infrastructure, among others.
He added that, “The choice of this year’s festival theme: ‘Exploring Great Innovations building Institutions in Africa’ is a clear testimony of the organizers’ vision to gingering all stakeholders in innovation towards achieving the goal of recognizing and encouraging innovators and entrepreneurs in different sectors of the African economy”.
