Riding the crest of current nationwide appreciation of steps taken by President Bola Tinubu to put Nigeria on the right track of national development, Abdullahi Sanusi Kaiama, Turaki Borgu a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), from Kwara North Senatorial District has said the president is a special gift to Nigeria.
Kaiama in an interview with newsmen recently, noted that the fact has been expressed by Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora that the impressive start will not be a flash in the pan.
According to him, “You can see as he himself told the world recently that he is really preapared for the job of leading Nigerians at this historical time of our national life.
“I will say that I have passed the level of being optimistic. I am very convinced he is president Nigeria and Nigerians need now.
Speaking on Muslim-Muslim ticket, the Turaki Borgu opined that Nigerians should agree and respect the holy books that speaks about the supremacy of God.
“I think we as Nigerians should begin to agree and respect the Holy Books which expressly state that it is God who chooses leaders for the people. Specifically, the Holy Quran states that God chooses leader to do justice and fairness to the people they lead.
“In this regard, you can see that Almighty God used our party, the APC, to give Nigerians President Tinubu as a special gift.
“As everyone can see, he is a man of justice from the appointments he has made, particularly in regard of the Service Chiefs. For the first time in Nigeria, there is a balance and no one or any geographical zone of the federation is talking or crying of marginalisation.
Speaking further on the issue of marginalisation of Kwara North, the APC chieftain said, “this issue is about the leadership of our state in terms of the governorship position. Yes, there was the brief tenure of Governor Mohammed Lawal between 1999 and 2003. Then Bukola Saraki took over and we hoped he would complete the Central District’s slot started by Governor Lawal but he spent 8 years which we Considered his constitutional right.
“However, since Bukola Saraki took over the leadership of our state more than two decades ago, the position has been rotating between Kwara Central and South senatorial districts. In 2011, we were pacified to allow AbdulFatah Ahmed from Ifelodun Local Government in the South Senatorial District and he did his own eight years.
“Again in 2019 when we thought it was our turn to produce the governor, our party prevailed on us in the North that we should give the current governor (Governor Abdul Rasaq) who is from the Central the chance as a winning strategy and we obliged.
“As a matter of fact, I have to personally give up my governorship ambition for the sake of unity in our party, the APC. Thank God that 2027 is around the corner, we expect that justice should be done and the North should be given the governorship slot by our party for fairness and equity as we also have leaders with capacity and capabilities to lead our state at any point in time,”Kaiama said.