Suleja’s Political Unbalance: Gov Bello Should Be Guide, By Ahmadu Salisu Kachalla
By now the Governor must have read a lot of write-ups and petitions against his decision to give two siblings of the same parents two sensitive positions in his government.
As most writer including my humble self pointed out the injustice melted out to one out of the two political zones in Suleja Local Government where the first zone with about 35 pulling units got every posts available including giving two commissioner posts (Executive and NSINEC Commissioners) to siblings of the same parents, Barrister Tanko Saka and Hajiya Binta Saka and the second zone, Bakin Kasuwa or so-called settlers with more 100 polling units got nothing! It should be noted that in the APC first tenure, the second zone had Local Government Chairman and commissioner slots but after working tirelessly to return the Governor, he took away the only two slots and added them to the first zone.
It is important to note that majority of the indigenes in the first zone that benefitted from this injustice are not happy with this development because most of appointments are not spread even within the zone rather concentrated on one circle. For instance, apart from the siblings, there is also a member house of assembly in that ward and just a few metres from the Saka family’s house is the house of APC chairman’s candidate even though not the same ward.
After all the hushes and cries, the Governor may not likely to listen to the yearnings of the people because of the following beliefs in some quarters rightly or wrongly.
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1. Most of us believe that Governor Abubakar Sani Bello only has ears for few who are close to him from Suleja instead of the whole community and those few are only after what they will personally benefit from this seeming injustice.
2. It is also believed that the Saka brother that got the commissioner shares the same in-laws with the Governor and one of the in-laws has the Governor’s ears.
3. The new Niger State House Of Assembly Speaker is an uncle to the two siblings whose mother shares the same parents with the speaker. But we all know that what is happening in Suleja will never be condoned by the indigenes of Tafa Local Government where the speaker hails from.
4. The strong rumours that is being peddled in Suleja fueled by the Barrister and his supporters to justify his appointment as the commissioner was the role they said he played in the Governor’s case at the election tribunal where deals were struck with your opponent’s lawyers. This to me remains a subject of speculations that only time could ascertained.
We honestly won’t be disappointed if the Governor still goes ahead with his decision which he is likely to but I must call the attention of the Governor to remember that posterity will judge him and three years is not too far from now. I call on him to be guided by what he wants the entire citizens to remember him for not few selfish individuals.
The Governor should also remember that when all is over, he is the only one to be responsible for his actions and decisions while those that he might have listened to would forget him and pitch their tent with the new one in power. They may even denounce some decisions that they might have begged him to take and heaped the blame on the then ex Governor who the seat of power now turns its back at.
Ahmadu Salisu Kachalla (Sarkin Samari) writes from Suleja, Niger state, Nigeria.
