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The governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Ganduje, has debunked reports that it plans to revoke the title of Kano Club, the oldest golf course in West Africa.
Ganduje made this known in a statement issued by the state commissioner for information and internal affairs, Muhammad Garba, on Wednesday night, March 15.
The management of Kano Club, on Wednesday, threatened to take legal action against the plan of the state government.
Garba, however, explained that in the content of the letter sent to the owners of the club, there was no mention of revocation but expiration of the term of title of the land in question.
He said that as a statutory agency saddled with the responsibility of land management and informed by the reform in land administration in the state, the state bureau for land management ensures payment of ground rent by property owners as well as renewal of land titles.
Garba added that the oldest golf course’s term of title issued on April 6, 1979, had expired, and the bureau had communicated to the club about the expiration of its title and the need for urgent settlement of the ground rent, only for an online publication, owned by an element of the opposition in the state to twist the story in his favour.
The commissioner also called on the public to be wary of agents of destabilization bent on creating confusion in the state.
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