Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has suspended his Special Adviser on Media, Salihu Tanko Yakasai, for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari on the social media platform.
The state commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, who conveyed the governor’s directive in a statement this afternoon, said the suspension is with immediate effect.
He said that though the media aide has own up the indiscreet comment as his personal opinion, but that as a public figure, it will be difficult to differentiate between personal opinion and official stand on matters of public concern.
The governor therefore warned political appointees and public servants to guard against making statements capable of drawing unnecessary controversy and heating up the polity.
The statement reaffirmed the commitment of Mr Ganduje to the policies and programmes of President Buhari’s administration.