Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi
The Emir of
Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, has urged voters to make a credible
choice in next month’s elections by not allowing their votes to fall
into the hands of those he described as persecutors.
According to the monarch, making a bad choice will be a recipe for disaster.
Sanusi spoke when the state Peoples
Democratic Movement (PDM) governorship candidate, Bashir Ishaq, visited
him in his palace yesterday.
The emir said leadership required
commitment and sacrifice, stressing that one was at liberty to vote for a
candidate of one’s choice.
But, he advised: “You should make sure
that you do not allow your votes to fall into the hands of persecutors;
you should not concede your votes to those you know would oppress you.”
The Kano Emirate Council, he said, is a
non-partisan traditional institution that is never known to be dancing
to the whims and caprices of any political party.
The monarch, who spoke at length on the
need to avoid violence in the name of politics, also advised politicians
to accommodate one another’s views without prejudice.
The PDM governorship candidate said he
was concerned about the abysmal decline of education at primary and
secondary levels, adding that with his foray into the race, he was
determined to deal with the rot.
He stated that he was also willing to
establish an independent power station in the state in the face of the
nation’s appalling economy, stressing that with adequate power supply,
the state’s economy would remarkably improve.
Ishaq said the sector would also
receive his priority attention because of expectations placed on the
government for a robust healthcare system.
He added that he was willing to come up with a unique concept of governance for the state.
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