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Ganduje,Gawuna and the quest for the right successor

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"cTSLmsfB" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>By Hisham Habib<&sol;p><div class&equals;"kKTh4LdR" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; right&semi;">Kano state governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje will soon exhaust his second term as the governor of the most populous state&comma; and will surely have to step aside for a successor either from his party or jthe opposition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>His wife Hafsat Ganduje recently showered praises on the valorous Murtala Garo&comma; the commissioner for local government which led to speculative wrangles especially in the polity on what people had eagerly perceived&semi;a possible endorsement of a guber candidate within the government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Although the first lady had mixed succession issues with loyalty matters&comma; the debate continued as to who the governor ought to put weight behind in the All Progressive Congress&comma; as the leader in the state at present&comma;and future of the party itself against the forces waiting in earnest to wriggle power from it&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The succession issue which has for long been hushed up in government circles has been in high tempo within the citizens&comma; considering the importance attached to it with the future of the state and its citizens&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"x7bsAotS" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>It is glaring that amongst the contenders for the number one seat the state deputy governor Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna stands a good position to seek the bigger job&period;The likes of Senator Barau&comma;Inuwa Waya&comma;and the underdog in the chief of staff Makoda have come a way but have not acted in that capacity which the deputy has&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Coming from a grassroots background with some experience to match the challenge&comma; the scientist turned administrator&comma; would pacify the bitterness around the tussle inside the ruling party and even extend to camps within the opposition&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is obvious that Gawuna can consolidate the party with his position and the backing of governor and be able to imbibe continuity as desired by within the administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But then as his principal did sometimes before 2015 the timidity played by the second in command must be replaced by a zeal and voracity similar to what Ganduje employed in seeking for nomination&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The lacklustre strategy will only prove to those who wish to sideline him as one eligible candidate that he cannot endure the fight&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nigerian governors have cultivated the culture of sidelining their deputies which in turn made political pundits assume that I t will always end in a feud&comma; while it does not necessarily have to&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;As one who has worked with the big trio of Kwankwaso&comma; Shekarau and Ganduje&comma;without a rift or dent on his side he should be able to wriggle all external and internal overtakings&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don&&num;8217&semi;t have any &&num;8211&semi;Alice Walker&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; 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