SYNOPSIS
This week’s edition of NASARAWA SPOTLIGHT followed Governor Abdullahi A. Sule to Abuja as he invited over 60 Journalists to the house of Senator Umaru Tanko Almakura, where they both reaffirmed that the exemplary cordial political relationship such as what thrives between Governor Sule and Senator Almakura is built around a shared interest and common goal to ensure the peace, progress, and development of Nasarawa State.
Just as Engineer Sule made sure conflict merchants were not given the opportunity to fan the embers of political conflict and instigate any bier feud between himself and Senator Al-makura; Engineer Sule still continued with his official dues of statewide construction of schools, launching of Nasarawa Health Insurance and the deployment of E-Health mechanism at Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital, DASH Lafia.
ANALYSIS:
Back on 9th September 2019, His Royal Highness Sarkin Loko, Abubakar Ahmed had led the Loko community to pay a THANK YOU VISIT on Governor Abdullahi A. Sule at Government House Lafia.
The Loko people expressed their gratitude to Governor Sule for appointing their son Tijjani Aliyu Ahmed as Secretary to the Nasarawa State Government, whereupon the Governor revealed that he appointed Tijjani Aliyu Ahmed on the basis of his professional competence and the exemplary loyalty which Tijjani exhibited to his former boss, (the previous Governor) Senator Umaru Tanko Almakura at the critical transition period when Tanko Al-makura was grappling with whom to choose among the “eleven horsemen” to support as a worthy successor.
Logically, therefore, the choice of Aliyu Tijjani Ahmed as SSG by buttresses the fact that Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule admires and prefers to work with those types of politicians who exemplify sincerity and possess their own sense of personal conviction and measure of a character born of MORAL FORTITUDE, INTEGRITY, and LOYALTY to their forebears. Studies have shown that there are certain roadblocks to the nurturing of a strong democracy in Nigeria. These roadblocks include conflict triggered by political companion among the elite as well as communal, ethnic, religious, and resource allocation rivalries. All of these “fickle issues” are the key reasons which politicians” love to fight over, while they shelve aside the greater good of the larger society. Clash of selfish political interests has continued to pose serious threats to the growth of our democracy, just as corruption pervades the daily lives of Nigerians.
KEY:
Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule is not the archetypal run of the mill politician. Engineer Sule has shown himself to be above the fray and imbued with attributes of thoughtful leadership, great vision, and sincerity of purpose.
