Bindawa should avoid Nyako’s mistakes

There are also insinuations that Nyako’s son, Senator-elect Abdulaziz, is working aggressively to assemble the government for Bindawa. If this is true, then Adamawa people should be ready for Nyako’s overriding influence in Bindawa’s government.In fairness to Bindawa, mere saying ‘I am an Nyako man’ does not entirely mean he will subject his government to […]

There are also insinuations that Nyako’s son, Senator-elect Abdulaziz, is working aggressively to assemble the government for Bindawa. If this is true, then Adamawa people should be ready for Nyako’s overriding influence in Bindawa’s government.
In fairness to Bindawa, mere saying ‘I am an Nyako man’ does not entirely mean he will subject his government to the ex-governor’s control. However, when Bindawa begins to assemble his cabinet, we will know the true direction of his government. The governor-elect may have been advised to make that statement to reiterate his loyalty as some Nyako men have started accusing him of betrayal.
Adamawa people must make sure Bindawa’s administration, which is a product of ‘change,’ is free from the shackles of some of Nyako’s men who have been associated with Adamawa’s under-development. In fact, the stakeholders must sit-up to prevent the state from derailing back to the unfortunate years of Nyako’s many blunders.
Nyako’s eight years in power were mostly characterised by wide disconnect between the government and the ordinary people. Governance and policy making was centered around his family, friends and village members; third-rate politicians and gold diggers made up a greater percentage of his confidants and openly usurped political positions and government contracts. Cronyism was widespread in Nyako’s government and some of his men admitted to it publicly claiming it was only 0.273 percent not the 30 percent as claimed by the governor’s adversaries.
The governor-elect has assumed a post of prime political relevance in the state at a critical and difficult moment. His political future will be determined by the way he approaches the much needed development in the state and his ability to align his government to the realities on ground without letting any political jobbers and rent seekers hijack his government.
Bindawa’s performance in the senate was not a sterling one in the areas of quality of issues raised in the red chambers and projects he influenced to his constituency, though we must give him credit for his stance on the emergency rule imposed on the state and his effort in promoting the use of vigilantes in the fight against Boko Haram.
Zayyad I. Muhammad, Jimeta, Adamawa State, [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>;