By Bashir Mohammed Kano
Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, and senior members of the Kano Emirate Council as well as top government functionaries were hosted to a dinner by the Guangzhou People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries in Gounzhou, China. In a press statement in Kano yesterday, the monarch thanked the Association for the invitation and the hospitality accorded him and members of his entourage.
He emphasised that he was not only interested in cultural and friendly cooperation but also interested in having Chinese coming to Kano on a business mission as a way of boosting trade ties between Nigeria and China. He said the two countries stand to reap a lot of benefits if they engaged in economic cooperation and Investments. Those on the delegation were the Wamban Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero; the Danburam, Alhaji Munnir Sanusi; the Dan Maje, Alhaji Yahaya Inuwa Abbas; the Dan Maliki, Amb. Ahmed Umar, and the Sarkin Shanu, Alhaji Shehu Mohammed Dankadai, among others.
The rest are the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, Industry, Cooperatives and Tourism, Baba Halilu Dantiye, and the Managing Director of Kano state Investment and Property Ltd., Dr. Jibrilla Mohammed.
