Kebbi Governor, Dr. Nasir Idris, has described the Etsu Nupe, Dr Yahaya Abubakar as a pillar of national unity.
The Governor made stated this when he received a delegation from the Emir on a courtesy visit at Government House, Birnin Kebbi.
Governor Idris, who also described Etsu Nupe, as a good man and a philanthropic, said the Emir always work to see that North and Nigeria stay as one family.
“We have no reason whatsoever not to thank the Emir for giving us his son to come and serve with us here in Kebbi and we have not regretted working with him. Ahmed is a true seasoned journalist to the core, a Journalist without sentiment and a journalist who knew the job”.
Governor Idris, said the history of Gwandu in Kebbi State and Bida in Niger State was an old and lasting history that boardered around boundary sharing, cross-marriage and cross-business among others.
Earlier, the leader of the delegation and Jakadan Labaran Nupe, Alhaji Muhammad Baba-Bussu, said they were in Kebbi to convey the message of His Royal Highness, the Etsu of Nupe to the governor and people of Kebbi.
He said the Emir was highly elated for finding his subject worthy of the position of Chief Press Secretary in Kebbi state, assuring that the appointee would never disappoint the governor and the state at large.
Baba-Bussu used the medium to commend the governor for starting in a very sound footing towards bringing positive transformation to the state, assuring that all Nupe people would continuously pray for the governor to effectively deliver the dividends of democracy to all.
The delegation were in Kebbi State to thank the governor for appointing a Nupe man, Alhaji Ahmed Idris from Niger State as his Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.
Abdullahi Tukur
