The Governor of Kebbi State, Nasir Idris has commended the Etsu Nupe, Dr Yahaya Abubakar, for his contribution to national to peaceful co-existence, describing him as symbol of unity.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Governor made this commendation when he received a delegation from the emir on a courtesy visit at Government House, Birnin Kebbi, the state capital recently.
It was gathered that the delegation was in Birnin Kebbi to thank the governor for appointing a Nupe man, Alhaji Ahmed Idris from Niger as his Chief Press Secretary.
Governor Idris said, “Nationally, when you talk of Etsu Nupe, people will say that yes, he is a good man, a philanthropist, an emir that always works 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 truly seasoned journalist to the core, a journalist without sentiment and a journalist who knows the job. Ahmed Idris is a Nigerlite and Kebbi is his second home, I knew him in the past 30 years, I worked with him as my best man when I was chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and also chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kebbi State,” Governor Idris said.
Goernor Idris cited that the history of Gwandu in Kebbi and Bida in Niger State was an old and lasting one that bordered around boundary sharing, cross-marriages and cross-businesses, among others.
Idris said that Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has been his close friend, saying that they share so many things in common for the benefits of the two states.
The leader of the delegation and Jakadan Labaran Nupe, Alhaji Muhammad Baba-Busu, while speaking earlier disclosed that they were in Kebbi to convey the message of the Etsu Nupe to the governor and people of Kebbi.
He said the emir expressed his not for finding his subject worthy of the position of chief press secretary in Kebbi, assuring that the appointee would not disappoint the governor and the state at large.
