2023 Presidential candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has declared that the opposition party strongly remains the party to beat in Kano.

The national leader of the opposition insisted that the NNPP Kwankwasiyya Movement remained undefeatable, considering its unmatchable investment in human development through education.

Kwankwaso spoke Saturday at the 2nd combined convocation ceremony of Northwest University, Kano, where he received an Honourary Doctorate degree of Education (Honoris Causa).

He maintained that every politician operating with the philosophy of the Kwankwasiyya Movement is sure of getting the support of the masses.

He recalled how he founded the two state-owned universities in Kano: Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil; and Northwest University, when he was Governor of Kano State, insisting that the human investments carried out by the Kwankwasiyya Political Movement have established it as the most popular political platform any politician can use to actualize his political dreams in Kano.

“You cannot defeat the Kwankwasiyya Political Movement. We are everywhere; and that is as a result of the legacy we built. That is what you call real human development and real legacy. That is why Kwankwasiyya is standing tall everywhere you go in Kano,” he said.

The former Defence Minister said his administration as Governor of Kano State invested hugely in education, which resulted in thousands of Kano indigenes gaining scholarships to study in various higher institutions across the globe.

He expressed happiness that most of the beneficiaries of his scholarship scheme are lecturers in various higher institutions in Kano and across the country.

Kwankwaso advised Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and other sitting Governors across the country to invest hugely in education and human capital development, insisting that the Kwankwasiyya philosophy is embedded in ensuring that every child in Kano, and across Nigeria, has unhindered access to free education.

The Visitor of the University and Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf regretted that the immediate past administration destroyed all the legacies laid by former Governor Kwankwaso to ensure total emancipation of education in the state.

Governor Yusuf, however, pledged to complete all the ongoing projects and revitalise education standards at all levels and keep the dreams and legacies of the Kwankwasiyya Movement alive.

He reminded that his administration paid over N4 billion in two years to settle the backlog of unpaid lecturers’ salaries and allowances.

The Emir of Lafian Bare-Bari, Justice Sidi Bage Muhammad I, who was decorated as the Chancellor of the university during the convocation, challenged them to brace up for bigger challenges in life.

In his remarks, the Chancellor maintained that: “University education is indispensable to national development.

This is why I am particularly delighted that this citadel of learning, Northwest University, Kano, is in the forefront of developing critical manpower required for building and developing our nation.”

Other eminent Nigerians who were awarded Honourary Doctorate degrees include the late Kano-born business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, who received a posthumous Honourary Doctorate degree of Humanities; mother of Aliko Dangote, Hajiya Mariya Sunusi Dantata, who received Honourary Doctorate of Humanities; Alhaji Aliyu Sa’idu Bebeji, Honourary Doctorate of Entrepreneurship; and Alhaji Adamu Yahaya Maikifi, Honourary Doctorate of Entrepreneurship.