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Beyond the Godfather’s Shadow: Why Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf Chose Kano Over a Provincial Presidential Quest

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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;98 -->&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;"0i4zUR6l" 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>&ZeroWidthSpace;By Kabiru Sani Dogo Maiwanki<&sol;p><div class&equals;"EmGhIm0d" 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>&ZeroWidthSpace;The recent pronouncements by Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso regarding Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s strategic political recalibration have finally stripped away the façade&comma; exposing the profound ideological fissures within the NNPP hierarchy&period; In a caustic address delivered Saturday evening&comma; the Senator characterized the Governor’s newfound autonomy as a &&num;8220&semi;betrayal&&num;8221&semi; of a far more egregious nature than that of his predecessor&comma; Abdullahi Ganduje&period; However&comma; in this vitriolic attempt to cast himself as the victim of political infidelity&comma; Kwankwaso inadvertently betrayed a disconcerting truth&colon; he viewed the incumbent administration not as a sovereign executive entity&comma; but as a subordinate instrument of his personal political estate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&ZeroWidthSpace;Senator Kwankwaso remarked that&comma; as a presidential hopeful&comma; his fundamental expectation was that the administration he purportedly &&num;8220&semi;installed&&num;8221&semi; would function as a geopolitical centrifuge—a financial and logistical catalyst designed to project the Kwankwasiyya hegemony into neighboring Northwestern territories&period; He expressed profound chagrin that&comma; over two years into this mandate&comma; the machinery of the Kano State government has not been weaponized to &&num;8220&semi;conquer&&num;8221&semi; even Jigawa State for his political brand&period; This revelation is remarkably candid&semi; it implies that the Senator’s patronage of the current administration was never rooted in the socio-economic advancement of the Kano populace&comma; but was instead a cynical stratagem to treat the state’s commonwealth as a private war chest for a singular&comma; ego-driven presidential odyssey&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&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;<p>&ZeroWidthSpace;By resisting this role&comma; Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has committed what Kwankwaso perceives as an unpardonable &&num;8220&semi;sin&comma;&&num;8221&semi; but what objective observers must recognize as a courageous act of institutional integrity&period; The Governor’s refusal to allow the Kano State treasury to be cannibalized for regional political expansion is a resounding victory for fiscal prudence and administrative transparency&period; It represents a principled rejection of the archaic practice where public commonwealth is weaponized to bolster the narrow political interests of a singular godfather at the expense of the citizenry&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"9XmNiBYD" 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>&ZeroWidthSpace;The depth of the Senator’s desperation is now laid bare for all to see&period; In a striking reversal from his usual posture of absolute authority&comma; Kwankwaso has been reduced to making public appeals for reconciliation&period; His recent plea—openly asking anyone with access to the Governor to &&num;8220&semi;beg him to come back&&num;8221&semi;—reveals a leader who has finally grasped the magnitude of his loss&period; It is the sound of a man who realizes that the &&num;8220&semi;innocent aide&&num;8221&semi; he once underrated has not only secured his independence but has taken the soul of the movement with him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&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>&ZeroWidthSpace;It is therefore essential for Kwankwaso and other political leaders who pride themselves on their political stature to realize that there is a limit to how long they can continue to deceive and exploit their followers&period; Respect must be reciprocal&semi; whether between a leader and the led&comma; there is a definitive limit to the amount of insult&comma; manipulation&comma; and contempt any person can endure&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Whenever you push a supporter to the brink and their patience finally runs out&comma; the consequences of their anger will certainly be unpleasant for those in power&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&ZeroWidthSpace;For the well-meaning people of Kano&comma; this is a moment to offer unalloyed commendation&period; Governor Abba deserves praise for his steadfastness in protecting the state&&num;8217&semi;s allocations and for prioritizing the welfare of the masses over the expansionist agenda of a political empire&period; Abba Kabir Yusuf has chosen to be the custodian of the people’s trust rather than a puppet for personal ambition&comma; and in doing so&comma; he has redefined the essence of leadership in Kano&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;98 -->&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; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"autorelaxed" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"1004305389"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; 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