President of Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria (CRC) Comrade Shehu Sani has described the Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State, who died in a helicopter crash recently, as an appeaser and not much of an achiever.

Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust in Kaduna yesterday, Sani said the late governor could not achieve much for the ordinary man in the state as his stewardship could not be noted for the schools he built or the hospitals he constructed or the housing estate he built for the poor.

"Northern Kaduna wanted him to be a stooge while southern Kaduna wanted him to be an ethnic irredentist and a bigot. He spent the better part of his era pleasing and appeasing. He pleased traditional rulers, religious leaders and godfathers", he said.

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He said Yakowa when he was alive he wanted his kinsmen to see him as a champion of their interest and aspirations while he also wanted northern Kaduna to see him as a unifying figure, saying if he had committed himself to the interest of the common man, he could have achieved both.

"The late Governor Yakowa is gone; he was a man of peace; a man who aspired to be a governor for all, a Herculean task for a deeply divided society. A society divided along religious lines cannot make a hero from a man who tries to satisfy both sides. We live in a society where you must take side to make a meaning.

"Yakowa's place in history will continue to excite mixed reactions. A man of Yakowa's status is most likely to be loved and hated. He is loved by his kinsmen who see him as one of them and he will be hated by his kinsmen who think he should have done more. Yakowa is loved by those not his kinsmen who think he served all equitably and was hated by his same stock who think he lived for his kinsmen," he said.

Yakowa when alive, according to him, surrounded himself with jingoists, xenophobes, parasites and loyalists to the seat of power who alienated him from the reality and basic needs of the common man, saying they fanned the embers of discord between him and his deputy.

Yakowa was not noted for corruption or flamboyance. He was a simple and humble man and his family has also proven to be so but leadership requires more than that, he said.

The preoccupation of his government, he said, was peace and security, saying the state had suffered worse in that aspect as billions of tax payers money went into the endless pit of security yet "churches were targeted at ease and hundreds of Muslims living in Southern Kaduna were slaughtered in cold blood'. "He met a divided state and left a divided state," he lamented.

On the new governor, Sani said Governor Muktar Ramalan Yero said the new governor is more of a technocrat who operated behind the scene. "He was emasculated and strangled for the period he served as a deputy governor. We are hopeful that he will bring to office his energy, vitality and zeal as a young man and we are hopeful he will use his experience in private and public life to chart a cause for his himself," he said.

rusep: President of Civil Rights Congress of Nigeria (CRC) Comrade Shehu Sani has described the Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State, who died in a helicopter crash recently, as an appeaser and not much of an achiever.

Speaking in an interview with Daily Trust in Kaduna yesterday, Sani said the late governor could not achieve much for the ordinary man in the state as his stewardship could not be noted for the schools he built or the hospitals he constructed or the housing estate he built for the poor.

"Northern Kaduna wanted him to be a stooge while southern Kaduna wanted him to be an ethnic irredentist and a bigot. He spent the better part of his era pleasing and appeasing. He pleased traditional rulers, religious leaders and godfathers", he said.

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201212240495.html

He said Yakowa when he was alive he wanted his kinsmen to see him as a champion of their interest and aspirations while he also wanted northern Kaduna to see him as a unifying figure, saying if he had committed himself to the interest of the common man, he could have achieved both.

"The late Governor Yakowa is gone; he was a man of peace; a man who aspired to be a governor for all, a Herculean task for a deeply divided society. A society divided along religious lines cannot make a hero from a man who tries to satisfy both sides. We live in a society where you must take side to make a meaning.

"Yakowa's place in history will continue to excite mixed reactions. A man of Yakowa's status is most likely to be loved and hated. He is loved by his kinsmen who see him as one of them and he will be hated by his kinsmen who think he should have done more. Yakowa is loved by those not his kinsmen who think he served all equitably and was hated by his same stock who think he lived for his kinsmen," he said.

Yakowa when alive, according to him, surrounded himself with jingoists, xenophobes, parasites and loyalists to the seat of power who alienated him from the reality and basic needs of the common man, saying they fanned the embers of discord between him and his deputy.

Yakowa was not noted for corruption or flamboyance. He was a simple and humble man and his family has also proven to be so but leadership requires more than that, he said.

The preoccupation of his government, he said, was peace and security, saying the state had suffered worse in that aspect as billions of tax payers money went into the endless pit of security yet "churches were targeted at ease and hundreds of Muslims living in Southern Kaduna were slaughtered in cold blood'. "He met a divided state and left a divided state," he lamented.

On the new governor, Sani said Governor Muktar Ramalan Yero said the new governor is more of a technocrat who operated behind the scene. "He was emasculated and strangled for the period he served as a deputy governor. We are hopeful that he will bring to office his energy, vitality and zeal as a young man and we are hopeful he will use his experience in private and public life to chart a cause for his himself," he said.

That part made more sense and alot realistic.Don't stop there,it cuts across atleast every northern state.Its either tribal or religious.If anyone pulls through quietly then he or she has played ball wella on both sides.Not focusing on the real issues of nation or state building.The poorman too, in his stupidity would put his religion or tribe or area as his emphasis.Due to selfish mindset which is not even a priority to his well being.You see a man fight for someone that is a known vision-less or useless individual to attain a position simply because he/she is from same religion or ethnicity.
Everyday i look at the average Nigerian and all i see is lack of love for himself and his generation.This is as a result of his decisions,time and again.When hosting VIP or choosing persons or projects that should serve them.