GOV. SULE LAMIDO OF JIGAWA (L), INAUGURATING DANGE SHUNI 5KM TOWNSHIP ROAD IN DANGE SHUNI LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCIL OF SOKOTO STATE ON TUESDAY (24/9/13). WITH HIM IS GOV. ALIYU WAMAKKO OF SOKOTO (NAN)
The Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido has said that the group of seven governors, G-7, fighting to restore the ideals of the founding fathers of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, will not bow to intimidation by the federal government or any of its proxies.
Gov. Lamido, alongside the governors of Kwara, Sokoto, Rivers, Niger, Kano and Adamawa, are some of the founders of a faction of the ruling party known as “New PDP”; who are believed to be opposed to the re-election bid of President Goodluck Jonathan.
Gov. Lamido spoke in Sokoto on Tuesday during the commissioning of 5km township road project executed by the Aliyu Wamakko led-state government across the 23 local government headquarters.
His words, “You have to understand that the G-7 governors run governments owned by the people; our combination is made up of leaders with genuine, sincere and honest intentions to deliver credible leadership to their people. Our demands are democratic and genuine.
“Democracy cannot be dramatized. It has to be real and when it is real, you will see it demonstrated in the people. The government we run is owned by the people. We the G-7 governors are genuine, sincere and honest leaders.
“It is because we share these aspirations that we are united; so much that no matter what, no matter the level of intimidation or sponsored articles to harass us or blackmail us, we will stand by the truth”, he said.
Gov. Lamido added that “In the G-7, no amount of intimidation would deter us from actualizing the cause of ensuring that the right thing is done in the polity.”
Noting that Gov. Wamakko has delivered on the mandate given to him by the people of the state, Lamido maintained that he is a pride to the north, Nigeria and the entire nation’s democracy.
“As I can see today in Sokoto, people here own their government and because they own it, they can defend it anywhere,” he said.
The host governor, earlier in his remark stated that leaders “are duty bound to reciprocate for the mass support that we enjoy.”
The five kilometer township roads across the 23 local governments of the state were flagged off in November 2012 at a total cost of N5.3 billion.
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