The Kano State government has revealed the real reason for demolishing a cultural monument at a popular roundabout in the city.
Responding to the outrage that followed the demolition of the monument on Wednesday, the Secretary to the State Government, Abdullahi Baffa, said the monument was pulled down because it carried the Christian symbol of the cross sign.
The structure commissioned by the immediate past government of Abdullahi Ganduje was designed in 2017 by Kaltume Bulama, a virtual artist, to mark the state’s golden jubilee.
According to the government the monument showcased the culture, commercial history and cosmopolitan nature of the city.
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Mr Baffa, said it was wrong for such a Christian symbol to appear on a public structure in Kano, which is a majority Muslim state.
He said the demolition exercise will continue and all government properties within and outside Kano, sold by the former administration were illegal, because the government sold them to their cronies, and they shall be reclaimed by the incumbent administration.
The design in the roundabout is blocking road users’ front view because of its size. Secondly, if you use a drone shot of the aerial view of the monument you will see a sign of a cross and in Kano we are 99.9 per cent if not 100 per cent Muslims (and) you cannot put a cross sign in the front of a government house, Baffa said.
