The mild drama that took place between
Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of
Kaduna State and one of his subjects
recently when the Governor went in the
company of Polio Immunization team to
flag off the immunization exercise speaks
of the hardline posture of some citizens
against the campaign and the exemplary
leadership quality which the Governor
possesses.
A middle aged man, Muhammad Sani
Usman Goron Namye who resides at Raba
Close, Makarfi Road, Rigasa Kaduna,
recently made headlines in a number of
national dailies for refusing Governor
Mukhtar Ramalan Yero of Kaduna state
and his team entry into his homestead to
flag off the campaign against
poliomyelitis.
The gentleman said he had nothing
malicious against the person of Yero, or
his political position, but he would not
allow him in because he (Namye) was not
notified prior to the exercise, hence he
had every right not to oblige the
Governor.
Although the Governor was in company of
his aids who were already irritated by
Sani’s behaviour and would have
compelled him to oblige, he appealed to
them for calm, and after pleading with
Namye to no avail, moved to the next
house instead.The dilapidated conditions
of the next house was what appealed to
the Governor at first, and he immediately
pledged to renovate it for the occupant.
Goron Namye who is an indigene of
Zamfara State, resident in Kaduna State,
confessed that since the time of the
incidence till the time of filing this report,
no one had looked at him maliciously, let
alone harming him on account of the
previous face-off between him and the
Governor despite the fact that he is not an
indigene of the State. “I was never
harassed by anyone on account of that,
and I have been doing my business like
every other person,” he said. According
to him, this calm and humble attitude
exhibited by the Governor shows he is a
leader that tolerates his subjects to the
core. He therefore urged all political
personalities of his calibre to emulate his
leadership style, and stop using the
powers at their disposal indiscriminately
on their subjects.
Sani Goron Namye said he did not act so
purposely to drag the image of the
governor in the mud as some people
misconstrued it to be. He however said
that he could not comprehend why the
matter, why polio alone was earmarked as
the disease
to be eradicated with a huge chunk of
fortunes being spent by the government
on tackling it apart from the jingles and
advertorials being sponsored in both
print and electronic media concerning the
disease; whereas a significant portion of
people, mostly the low income earners,
are going bed-ridden every now and then
on account of one curable illness or the
other, needing the financial assistance of
good spirited persons to foot down their
respective medical bills.
Sani cited an instance of his, when one of
his sons was knocked down by a motorist,
shortly before his encounter with
governor Ramalan, and they went to a
number of public hospitals and the case
could not be handled effectively, and they
had to go to the 44 Barracks’ hospital of
the Nigerian Army where they provided
the required medical facilities and
services and gave a huge bill that he
struggled to pay with tears in his eyes.
Peeved by what he termed official
criminal negligence in almost every facets
of ordinary men and women’s life, as far
as health facilities provision is concerned,
its officials, regardless of the position they
occupy politically, have no rights,
whatsoever, to flag off any campaign with
his family. “Over my dead body!” he
intoned.
Namye, during the chat, however posited
that Mukhtar Ramalan Yero’s style of
governance is one that listens to the voice
of the commons irrespective of who is
behind it. “So, it becomes incumbent on
the people of Kaduna state, as matter of
urgency, to put all hands on deck, to assist
him in steering the state to greatness,” he
admonished.



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One of those promises

Although the Governor was in company of his aids who were already irritated by Sani’s behaviour and would have compelled him to oblige, he appealed to them for calm, and after pleading with Namye to no avail, moved to the next house instead.

If the above actually happened, then kudos to him for his patience and humility. This is unlike people in position of authority in this country who are always eager to abuse power bestowed upon them.