Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, has inspected the newly procured mobile workshop truck acquired to provide basic technical support for the state’s agricultural mechanisation programme.
There is a title in Ilorin that now carries the full weight of history, character and loyalty — Sardauna. Yesterday, at the historic palace of the Emir of Ilorin, HRH Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, that title was formally conferred on His Excellency, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Governor of Kwara State. For those of us who have known the man for over thirty years, the turbaning was not a ceremonial gift; it was a recognition long overdue, earned across decades of friendship, generosity and steadfast loyalty that I have had the privilege to witness from very close quarters.
There are political endorsements, and there are endorsements that carry the weight of experience. When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu speaks about the quality of a governor, Nigerians have a particular reason to listen. Few contemporary Nigerian politicians have traversed the difficult terrain of democratic politics with the breadth, longevity and institutional influence that Tinubu has. From his years as a senator to his transformational tenure as Governor of Lagos State, through his role as one of the most consequential political strategists of the Fourth Republic and now as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Tinubu has spent decades studying, practising and shaping governance at different levels. His political career has been defined by institution-building, economic reform, political organisation, infrastructure development and an insistence that government must create an environment in which people and businesses can prosper.
Some birthdays are remembered for the wishes they attract; others reveal something deeper about the person being celebrated. Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s 57th birthday was unmistakably the latter. Beyond the flood of congratulatory messages, telephone calls, and heartfelt tributes, there was a compelling statement about his political standing, leadership relationships and growing national goodwill.
