Former House of Reps Speaker leads new political group in Kano.

- Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba, former speaker of the House of Representatives, has become the head of a newly formed political group in Kano state

- The sole aim of forming the political group called ‘Siyasar Kano Ina Mafita’ is to seek a possible way out of the present situation faced by those deprived.

Former House of Reps Speaker, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba, leads new political group in Kano

Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba, former speaker of the House of Representatives, has become the head of a newly formed political group in Kano state called ‘Siyasar Kano Ina Mafita’, Daily Trust reports.

The former speaker during the official launching of the political group, said the formation of the political group had become necessary, having taken into cognizance, the way and manner politicians were being deprived of their rights in all the political parties in the state.

Na’Abba also said that the sole aim of forming the political group was to seek a possible way out of the present situation faced by those deprived.

He said: “We have seen the damage done to democracy in Nigeria for almost two decades now. And you will agree with me that the outcome of such damage done to Nigerian politics only spell doom for politicians.

“We have asked ourselves that for how long shall we fold our hands and watch things growing from bad to worse. It is time for us to unite and look for possible avenues to liberate Nigerian polity and Nigerian politicians.”

Professor Sule Bello, one of the elders in the new group, explained that the membership of the group cut across all political parties with the aim of liberating all politicians from being politically deprived.

In Kano, members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) openly associate themselves with either Kwankwasiyya or Gandujiyya movements platforms showing loyalists of former governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and the incumbent governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

However it is, however not yet clear if the new platform is created to provide an alternative for the aggrieved ones in the existing movements in Kano state.

Na’Abba a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) represented the Kano Municipal Federal constituency of Kano State from 1999 to 2003.

In August 2009, he was among former and current leaders who established the Coalition of Democrats for Electoral Reform initiative in an attempt to push through reforms to the 1999 constitution.