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We Are Family Before Politics -Dembo

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Abdurraheem Saad Dembo

<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;"yEFKyQJd" 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&colon; AbdurRaheem Sa&&num;8217&semi;ad Dembo<&sol;p><div class&equals;"rjXEaYB2" 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>Politics&comma;they say&comma;is a dirty game&period;Yes to some extent it is&period;But to those who know the nitty gritty they may slightly disagree&period;Many politicians have sealed their minds that it is outrightly the most dangerous game&period;Yes the danger in politics can be averted provided we uphold strongly the family tie against the backdrop of no mercy politics&comma; which makes it dirty&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first category of politicians are those who believe in the dirtiness of the game&comma; while second group believe that it is not a do- or -die affair&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>My sojourn into politics in recent years had exposed me to the prolific characteristics of how politics can be fully described as a game of interest &period;Though I have been a strong supporter of president Muhammadu Buhari since 2003&comma; going into grassroots politics started in 2014&period;My politics takes a new dimension during Otoge struggle&comma;where I served as a member of APC Media team in Ilorin South LG&period;In 2023 I equally served as a member of Media Advisory Committee&comma; Saliu Mustapha campaign organization&period;It was a huge success&comma; because APC triumphed at the Federal and state elections&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"zYXx4X4b" 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>As a young boy growing up&comma;even though I spent larger parts of my life in Kano both in secondary and tertiary education&period;But one significant thing is that at every holiday in Bayero University Kano&comma;I would be in Ilorin&period;So I was not far away from home&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;&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>Since 1999 what I have witnessed in Ilorin was politics of acrimony&comma; bitterness and so on&period;The peak of it was in 2003 when families were partitioned along political lines&period;It was a sad era honestly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To me those who cannot differentiate between family and politics are majorly responsible for the unnecessary enemies&comma;Which may precipitate the dirtiness&period;To those who can boldly differentiate between family and politics may not really witness the dirty things&period;They will always go all out to ensure that we remain friends and families before and after the election&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The second category of politicians are where Saliu Mustapha belongs&period;He does not believe in politics of acrimony&comma; because to him family comes first before politics&period;Turaki of Ilorin believes that even after politicking family should remain intact&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the short broadcast&comma; where he thanked the good people of kwara Central for voting him&comma;he equally emphasised that we were family before politics and we would remain after the election&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>That was the best statement I have ever heard from any politician since I was born&period;If you don&&num;8217&semi;t know why many love Saliu Mustapha&comma; this is one of the reasons&period;No doubt his politics of generosity is the hallmark of how simply you can further decipher his style of politics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the same vein&comma; Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in his efforts to prevent politics of bitterness has ensured that there was no room for violent groups in the last four years&period;The era of &&num;8220&semi;good boys&&num;8221&semi; has gone for good in Kwara&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Politics of destruction and violence must be discouraged in all ramifications&comma;if you ask me&comma;I will tell you life&&num;8217&semi;s good in kwara as politics of bitterness is fastly fading out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We must allow humanity to flourish&comma; because without it families would scatter&period;Every religion lays emphasis on keeping the family intact&period;In fact&comma; a tradition&sol;hadith of the prophet Muhammad mentioned that whoever that is involved in disuniting the family &comma; won&&num;8217&semi;t be interceded for on the day of resurrection&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So politics is a game of interest not a war and must never be an instrument for scattering our families&period;We must separate politics from family matters&period;<&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-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" 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; 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