Take office as Mayor of Kano

Kano, Nigeria · 4,100,000 people · Heritage City

Sustaining an ancient trans-Saharan trade economy while managing explosive Sahel-edge population growth.

The record Kano keeps on the Board of Mayors is still unwritten. Take office and write its opening chapter.

The city

Landmark: Kano City Walls.

• One of the oldest Hausa city states, a hub of trans-Saharan caravan trade for over a thousand years.
• Home to the historic Kurmi Market, a centre of West African commerce since the 15th century.

How a term works

Take office and each day brings a live situation from the city's services: a decision to make and a result that is measured. A term is judged on approval, infrastructure, environment and innovation, within the city's budget, and every term adds to the record Kano keeps on the Board of Mayors. Mayors message and confer with one another, form councils, trade with neighbouring cities and send aid where it is needed. Cities rise together.

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