Trace Reporters –A Kaduna based intellectual forum simply known as Readers’ Front (RF) has chided Governorship candidate of people’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Isa Ashiru for absconding a meeting with all political contenders, saying the former federal legislator lacks the Intellectual capacity to govern capital of the defunct Northern Region.
In a press statement, Coordinator of R.F. Suleiman Kudan explained that Kaduna being a base for intellectuals and a state with the highest number of strategic institutions of learning in Nigeria shouldn’t be governed by an individual who could barely communicate effectively in the Queen’s Language, let alone understand basic rudiments of the information age used as an easy tool for governance.
Kudan wondered why Ashiru kept avoiding Intellectual discourse in English Language, particularly the southern Kaduna interface which he noted would have provided an ample opportunity for the Governorship candidate to share ideas with other aspirants seeking various elective positions within his party on workable strategies to be adopted to fly high in the forthcoming general election.
He added that the high bar of governance set by previous administrations rooted in high intellectual capacity to conform with realities of the modern age must be maintained and built upon by successive governors who can observe, interprete and formulate policies geared towards the state a model for growth and development.
” The imperative of having a governor with the ability to think and understand ideas of adding value to governance, particularly for a state as important as Kaduna cannot be overemphasized.
” Previous administrations and the present occupant of Sir Kashim Ibrahim House could be said to be individuals with sound, dynamic and sharp minds to think and understand different variables of governance.
” Isa Ashiru as a federal legislator did not show he had such ability to provide effective leadership capable of building a modern society anchored on big ideas.
” He should be asked to list and explain the number of bills he initiated and sponsored successfully and what positive impacts had he added to his constituents as their representative at the Lower Chamber.
” Antecedents of people seeking to be elected must be scrutinized and assessed to ascertain if they deserve to be entrusted with daunting task of providing quality leadership to their people.
” Kaduna of today has gone through a lot of transformation and modernization through the years from its vantage position as capital of Northern Region right from colonial era.
” We must not allow a low grader to take us backward and reverse all the achievements made in years by past and present governors of the state.
” We enjoin the good people of Kaduna State to challenge all Guber Candidates to explain how they intend to build on the present structures and infrastructures attained through the years.
” They should be able to show us areas that they have distinguished themselves in public service through innovative ideas that can take the state forward,” he said.
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