Vice President Yemi Osinbajo describes governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state as a bridge builder for hosting this year’s Colloquim to honor the 69th Birthday celebration in Kano, that was held at Coronation Hall, Government House, Kano, Monday.
He made the commendation when he joined the event virtually from his office, as bad weather in Kano, disallowed him to join physically, as planned earlier. The same bad weather affected many governors and other dignitaries from joining physically, instead joined virtually.
“Governor Ganduje graciously accepted to host this physical aspect of the Colloquim this year. At this juncture, governor Ganduje has helped us to tell two stories. The first is that, this is the first time Colloquim is being hosted outside Lagos or Abuja, Capital City.
This is the City of radicals and progressive ideas and ideologies. The city with breeding political leanings with left or centre. Which is the dominant tendency in our party,” he said.
The second story according to the Vice President is “…this underscores the point that this country and its people are more powerful and stronger, when together than apart. If not we respect each others ideas, we wouldn’t have accepted Governor Ganduje’s acceptance to host the event.”
On the celebrant, Tinubu, the Vice President in an attempt to hint that so far no Nigerian political leader raised leaders more than Asiwaju, he said “…it is very clear that he raised several Vice Presidents, several governors and former governors, commissioners, former commissioners,
Honourable Ministers, former Ministers, local government functionaries, social agitators, top brass journalists, who can all trace their political trajectory to Asiwaju leadership.”
Adding that, “He has a vast array of ideas, deeply rooted in him. He is not afraid of his ideas being scrutinised or even criticised even by his subordinates. This is Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for you. The Jagaban.”
Tinubu appreciated that, “With this Colloquim taking place in Kano, it tells you that people are agitating wrongly. We are in Kano to demonstrate to Nigerians at this critical time that, there is a Fulani man, a herder man, who gave his daughter’s hand in marriage to a Yoruba man. So if I can go and spend some days with my brother-in-law and no quarrel between us all this while. Then what are people talking about?
He further explained that, “Ganduje is showing to Nigerians about the unity of Nigeria. Ganduje has been working sleeplessly since from the time I came in. We went round to see project this, project that. All for the development of his state. It was me who even said I have seen enough Mr Governor.”
