By Haruna Usman-Birnin Kebbi
A civil society organisation in Kebbi State, Association for Peace and Good Governance, has commended the governor of Kebbi State, Dr Nasir Idris for fostering national unity through culture.
Speaking on the sidelines at Abdullahi Fodio lecture, the secretary general of the body, Comrade Usman Muhammed Anache said that governor used the cultural festival to bring famous monarchs from the south, west, east and the middle belt as Obi of Onisha, Igwe of Owerri, Estu Nupe, Emir of Ilorin and Kwararafa monarch of Taraba State all of them close ranks to unite behind the Sultan of Sokoto to foster national unity through the promotion of culture.
He explained that the governor also brought together three past governors of Kebbi; Senator Adamu Aliero, Senator Atiku Bagudu and Saidu Usman Nasamu who have been carried along by him to move the state forward to show that political atmosphere in Kebbi is peaceful as they are all united to bring Kebbi to the height of development.
Anche pointed out that Idris has achieved a crystal infrastructural development in less than one year as has never done before in the history of Kebbi which evidently manifest purposeful leadership through even distribution of dividends of democracy.
Shedding more light on renaming of Kebbi State University of Science and Technology Aliero to Abdullahi Fodio University by the governor, he said the benefits is to immortalise the revered sheik who founded Gwandu emirate.
“We are happy that the governor did that because is an honour to the emirate and the sheik himself and people of Gwandu, so we commend him for that and very many other things he is doing to develop Kebbi”.
The CSO also urged past governors of the state and serving senators to maintain the cordial working relationship between them and the state government for peace and development to continue in the state as it evolves into a modern state unlike what was obtainable in the past.