by Laila Ibrahim

President Goodluck Jonathan has said there is no feud between him and the Jigawa state governor, Sule Lamido, contrary to speculations.

Speaking on Tuesday in Dutse, Jigawa state, while commissioning the Dutse International Airport, the President said noted that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is proud of Lamido’s achievements in the development of the infrastructure in the state. The President also praised Governor Sule Lamido for building the facility noting that it has added value to the state and Nigeria.

“Sule Lamido is a man of his word. In terms of what people say about frosty relation relationship, sometimes it is issues of intepretations. I remember reading one book sometimes ago where one philosopher said the disagreement between people is caused by when people use different words to describe different scenario or use different words to describe different thing. That will cause primary disagreement which will begin to expand. In some cases where people have problems if you go deeply you discover that it is not really a problem but it becomes a storm when people begin to hear.

“One thing I used to tell people is that I know the role Sule Lamido played in the 2011 elections. I assessed my governors then on how many scores I got during the primaries because if a governor means well for you, even if he is unable to control the total number of votes during the general elections, in the primaries which are party issues which the governors have a control of about 70%, the governor controls what happens.

“I always tell our party that until we change our delegate pattern, the governors must dictate what happens. The present delegate we have for all national elections, any governor that is fit to be a governor have control of about 70% whether we like it or not. So if you don’t get up to 70% or 60% from a state, you know that that governor no matter what he says is not for you. In the general elections, the governor cannot control all the state. In the two options, Sule Lamido was totally committed. He is not somebody that talks from the two sides of his mouth. That is the good thing about Sule Lamido. He does not deceive himself or deceive you. I used to tell people I don’t have a problem with Sule Lamido. Even if there is a problem today, Sule Lamido is somebody I trust. He does not deceive. Let me reassure you that we have no problems; myself and Sule Lamido and definitely I will not have problems with the people of Jigawa state. All we have to do is to strengthen our relation more and more and work together,” he said.

Governor Lamido in his speech said he was proud of President Jonathan’s transformation agenda that had made it possible for the governors under his party to render quality services to Nigerians.

The governor said he decided to work quietly for the transformation of the state rather than making noise.

“We are working silently for the interest of our people because we know what they need while those opposed to us are making noise. We will continue to stand by the people and try to meet their yearlings and aspirations,” he said.

YEditor