The management of the Dala Inland Dry Port DIDP, has denied reports alleging that the family of former Governor of Kano State Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, are shareholder in the company.
The Independent Mirror reports that in a statement on Wednesday, signed by the Company Secretary, Barr. Adamu Aliyu Sanda, the organisation, described the reports as “false, misleading, and politically motivated,”
“The claim that members of the Ganduje family are shareholders or directors in Dala Inland Dry Port is entirely false.
“Verified records from the Corporate Affairs Commission CAC and official board resolutions clearly show that no member of the Ganduje family has ever been a shareholder, director, or signatory in Dala Inland Dry Port”, said Sanda.
The company explained that the project was initially owned by businessman Ahmad Rabi’u before City Green Enterprises CGE acquired 80 per cent of the company, leaving Rabi’u with 20 per cent equity.
The transaction, it stressed, was properly filed with the CAC, and at no stage did it involve the Ganduje family or the Kano State Government.
On reports alleging that Ganduje’s children were allotted five million shares each through an “ordinary resolution,” the statement said the purported document was a forgery done without the knowledge of other directors.
The management also refuted reports that a Kano State government official, identified as Abdullahi Haruna, represented the state’s interest on the board of the company.
The company maintained that the circulation of the “falsehoods” was part of a coordinated attempt to tarnish Dr. Ganduje’s reputation and destabilize confidence in the project