CDE vows to drag KCSF  to Court, over alleged suspension of group Executive Director

According to a statement signed by the Media Aid to Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, Alhaji Bahir A Bashir,a copy made available to press in Kano, called on members of the public to disregard the purported suspension

However,the statement said” The attention of Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, the Executive Director, Citizens for Development and Education (CDE), has been drawn to a widely media report, especially on social media platforms, that the BOT under the leadership of Prof. Mohammad Tabiu, has suspended Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, from the membership of Kano Civil Society Forum.”

The misguided information in the press release, published on some media platforms, was said to have been signed by one Alhaji Hamisu Isa Sherifai, who paraded himself as the Secretary of the KCSF Board.

Although, Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, is not the type of personality who has the habit of engaging in trading words with anybody, especially on trivial issues of this nature.

It is however important to make the records straight for the benefit of other innocent people who might have been misled or deceived by the media propaganda.

It is significant to note that the only crime Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, and his colleagues committed, was their objection to a kangaroo election organized by BOT to elect the new leadership of KCSF, which out of 200 registered members, at the time of the election, less than 50 organizations, participated in the Kangaroo elections

But to our surprise BOT went ahead and endorsed the drama in the name of election, an exercise we saw and consider as a total shame and dent on the civil society sector, as the elections lacked accountability, transparency, inclusiveness, acceptability, credibility and others.

It is also rather unfortunate that the BOT of the Kano Civil Society Forum, are yet to read and comprehend the content of the KCSF constitution, talk less of appreciating their powers, limitations and privileges.

KCSF BOT, has no right to out rightly suspend any registered member, except on the recommendation of the Executive Council, after a thorough investigation of any offense, of which a member is accused of committing.

We also wish to state that, there is nowhere in the world where, a registered Civil Society Board of Trustees (BOT), would assume the role of a day to day managerial affairs of the organization, as they have no any executive power, to suspend a registered organization, because membership of KCSF is organizationally based.

The person of Amb Ibrahim Waiya, is a law abiding and peaceful, as he fights for justice and treat issues with utmost decorum and fairness. Therefore we wish to let the world know that, the purported letter of suspension of Amb. Ibrahim Waiya, holds no water, as the evilly conceived action shall be challenged in the court of law.