By Luminous Jannamike
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has stated that former President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration was closely influenced by sycophants, lots of whom have now turned towards him since leaving workplace.
Governor Sule made the remarks in Abuja over the weekend through the 2nd Raymond Dokpesi Diamond Lecture, organised by the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), the place he was additionally conferred with a Fellowship of the Institute.
The occasion, held on the Nigerian Military Convention Centre and Suites, Asokoro, drew prime authorities officers, communication consultants, and media professionals, who paid glowing tributes to the late founding father of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi.
Governor Sule stated his years in public workplace had taught him the risks of flattery in management, warning that praise-singing might harm the integrity and efficiency of any administration.
“By being a governor, I’ve seen what sycophancy can do. I’ve seen folks really sit within the presence of President Muhammadu Buhari to inform him, ‘Oh, you’re the greatest ever. No one can do that higher.’
However the minute Buhari left authorities, they began saying, ‘Oh, he was one of many worst presidents we had ever seen.’ These are the identical folks however in numerous moments. That’s what sycophancy is all about,” Sule stated.
Reflecting on his political journey, the governor recounted his first try to contest the governorship in 2007 after getting back from the USA, an expertise that uncovered him to what he described because the murky aspect of Nigerian politics.
“On the finish of each assembly, they’d ask for cash, and I might inform them I don’t have naira, I’ve {dollars}, and they’d say, ‘That’s okay!’” he stated, drawing laughter from the viewers.
He additionally spoke about how he resolved the recurring border clashes between farmers and herders alongside the Nasarawa–Benue boundary, explaining that he refused to inherit the hostilities that had existed between his predecessor, Senator Tanko Al-Makura, and former Benue governor, Samuel Ortom.
“My father all the time informed me to not inherit enemies. That was why I led a delegation of main conventional rulers from Nasarawa State to go to Governor Ortom, the place the problems have been comprehensively addressed,” he defined.
Governor Sule credited his eventual emergence as governor in 2019 to the encouragement and assist of Al-Makura, who persuaded him to run whereas he was nonetheless working with the Dangote Group.
“Having skilled the politics of 2007, I used to be cautious. However Al-Makura promised to resolve each subject I raised, and true to his phrase, he did,” he recalled.
Contrasting his enduring loyalty to Al-Makura with the betrayal skilled by Buhari, the governor pressured that he would stay indebted to his predecessor.
“I’ll endlessly be grateful to Al-Makura,” he declared, including that he would by no means enable political variations to break their relationship.
Governor Sule additionally paid glowing tribute to the late Chief Raymond Dokpesi, describing him as a fearless media trailblazer who broke authorities monopoly through the navy period.
“We’re right here to have a good time an icon of media. Dokpesi was not afraid to talk fact to energy, even throughout tough occasions,” he stated.
In his remarks, NIPR President, Dr Ike Neliaku, counseled Governor Sule for donating a parcel of land to the institute for the development of its first world Public Relations College in Nasarawa State.
He famous that the venture had reached a complicated stage and would develop into a centre of excellence for coaching moral communicators, transformational leaders, and development-oriented professionals.
“The brand new establishment will bridge the hole between coverage and observe in Nigeria’s public relations panorama and strengthen the nation’s communication capability,” Neliaku stated.
The well-attended lecture drew individuals from authorities, the media, academia, and civil society, all of whom extolled Dokpesi’s pioneering position in establishing Nigeria’s first non-public radio and tv stations and his enduring legacy of braveness, innovation, and advocacy without cost expression.
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