Shettima’s lecture: How outgoing leaders should search for potential successors
Former Borno State Governor and Senator representing Borno Central, @KashimSM Shettima, has appealed to leaders in Nigeria to always place high premium on personal intellect,
competence and capability in appointing leaders against other primordial considerations.
Shettima said that in a lecture with the theme: "SUCCESSION PLANNING-ENSURING CONTINUITY AND BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE FRAMEWORK", which he delivered on Thursday in Ado Ekiti,
at a high level retreat 2020 organised by Governor John Kayode @kfayemi of Ekiti. The event was also attended by former Lagos Governor and Minister of Works, Mr. @tundefashola (SAN).
He was Accompanied by Hon. Abdulkadir Rahis and Hon. Usman Zannah representing Maiduguri Metropolitan Council and Kaga/Gubio/Magumeri constituencies respectively.
@KashimSM recalled that he was able to lay a solid and enduring legacy in Borno State because he never allowed the challenges of Boko Haram insurgency defined his Government or distracted him, saying he perceived it as part of the challenges of leadership.
He also said that chosing his successor was beyond his thinking alone, stressing that he applied a combination of very deep thoughts and wisdom and made extensive consultations to arrive at the choice of the current Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara @ProfZulum.
He also advised leaders with succession plan to plan ahead so that they do not make the wrong choice as according to him, no matter how long a tenure, and in our democratic experience, of a two four-year tenure, the days and months run out very fast,
hence if we are not consciously methodical, or if we somehow become delusional, we could be caught off-guard, by the relentless march of time.
every dime that was being spent in every ministry. Apart from that, we must remember how ephemeral our tenure is and the vanity of power as well as the need to treat people with dignity.
"Competence, capability, integrity and maturity and depth of appreciation and acceptability by the general public are better considerations in politics than promordial sentiments.
"21 people wanted to succeed me, but I understood the politics and allowed the system to produce my successor", he said.
On his choice of picking @ProfZulum, he said: "In Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, the historical moment found the individual.
And let me reiterate, that His Excellency's emergence, came from the power of his own personality, and the exemplary manner that he carried out every assignment the state gave him: selflessly and without any thought of exploiting the opportunities, for personal advantage.
"He was an example of commitment to duty, without thought of ambition or any type of pettiness. We knew that Borno would be in safe hands, if we could convince him, to accept the challenge of Governorship.
"Thankfully, he accepted the challenge, and the whole country, is beginning to appreciate the fact, that at least in Borno, we made a choice, that was not determined by an effort to shoehorn into Governorship, a puppet on a string."
He therefore appealed to Governor Fayemi to resist the temptation of imposing a successor in 2022, by allowing the system to produce a capable leader after him.
Contributing his speech on: "Finishing well, winning against all odds,"
former Lagos State Governor and Minister of Works, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, posited that Fayemi and his team must focus attentions on the kernel of the cardinal objectives of his administration to earn the respect of Ekiti people.
"Nothing can be more successful than self measurement. I urge all of you to keep the word finishing well in minds. You all agreed on a goal, but the question to ask is that can we finish well ? We must ask ourselves especially those having political ambitions who may want
to place personal ambitions over collective gains.
"What does success mean ? If the five pillar policy thrust is well achieved, then there is success. keep your focus on the agenda of government. Remember that finishing well would mean that you remember that this government
is a product of APC, which believes in propagation of ideals of progressivism, Which means continuous improvement of human conditions.
"This is a step towards finishing well. And when you finish well, you will see the credibility of your government with the people
and this make it compulsory that we must stay connected to the people .
"I am not unmindful of the limited resources, but prioritise the needs of the people. You must do things based on public opinion polls and engagements with the people.
"Take critics as challengers, not enemies. Those who asked you to do more are not ungrateful people. If they ask you to do more, is a vote of confidence on your person and government.
"Build your stewardship on the minds of the people.
How do you react to those that suffered to elect you. How do you react to their messages and calls? Is it with laughter or irritation? All these are issues we must also take into cognisance" .
@tundefashola assured that President Muhammadu @MBuhari would complete the federal Secretariat awarded by the federal government and other road projects being undertaken in Ekiti State like ; Efon-Iwaraja, Ado-Aramoko- Itaore and Ado-Ifaki- Otun roads.
In his contribution, the host Governor, @kfayemi said the programme was conceptualised to appraise the gains and challenges he has made in the second year of his tenure, in order to create opportunity for improvement.
He further said the programme will enhance good working relationship among his team and ignite team spirit.
"If will finish well, we will be able to inject a progressive government that will deliver and project progressive politicking in Ekiti.
We must not be distracted or allow divisive tendencies to derail our focus," he said. @SpokesmanBornoG
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Zabarmari killings: Another 13,000 residents receive foodstuffs
The committee, chaired by Borno’s commissioner for youths and sports, Hon Saina Buba today Friday went on distribution in Zabarmari.
The committee included member of house of representatives, representing Jere federal constituency, member of Borno assembly representing Jere, two special Advisers and chairman-elect, for Jere local government.
A total of 13,000 Bag of Rice, Maize and Beans, 1,300 cans of vegetable oil, 2116 cartons of seasoning Cubes, 1083 Tomato and 650 sachet of salts was donated by Federal Ministry of @FMHDSD for distribution to the families, Committee Chairman, Buba announced.
MISLEADING AUDIO ON ZABARMARI KILLINGS IN CIRCULATION
This is to notify the general public that some top military officials that woefully failed the President & the Nation are actually behind the concocted 3 minutes Interview now being in Circulation.
Nobody knows the identify of the person making the misleading claims in that audio. The purpose is to dismiss the killings as one that is carried out by Boko Haram against their collaborators, & to mislead the public that most of the victims are not actually farmers
but supporters of terrorists that are into illegal business. If that is actually true, the President's Spokesman, @GarShehu will not make the insensitive remarks that "the farmers that were killed did not get security clearance from the military before embarking on farming".
The massacre took place in the abandoned and deserted fishing and rice producing community of Koshebe. Koshebe is 15 kilometers away from Zabarmari and about 27 kilometers away from Maiduguri on a very bad road.
The area is only accessible by motorcycles and agricultural tractors due to the swampy and challenging nature of the terrain.
A day after this incident, the theatre commander and the Ag GOC 7 Division visited this location.
They had to ride on tractors alongside their escourts to access this area. They visited the scene where this killings took place. Sat 28 Nov was an LG elections day; elections had not been held in Borno for 12 years and as such,
48 bereaved families of Zabarmari farmers killed last Saturday, today received N600,000 each and bags of food items from a committee assigned
by @ProfZulum to transparently convey external donations to the victims.
The fund came from combined support of N20m by the northern governors forum, and N5m by the northeast development commission, NEDC. Borno gov't had earlier given each family N200,000 on Zulum’s directive.
A committee, chaired by Borno’s commissioner for youths and sports, Saina Buba undertook Thursday’s distribution in Zabarmari. The committee included a member of house of representatives, representing Jere federal constituency, member of Borno assembly representing Jere,
@ProfZulum receives Cameroonian 4th region military commander
Borno Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum on Thursday received a Cameroonian military delegation led by the 4th region joint military commander, General Saly Mohammadou at the Government House, Maiduguri.
He was accompanied by General Bouba Dobekreo, Commander Sector 1 Multinational Joint Task Force; Brigadier General Essoh Jules-Cesar, Commander Fourth Gendarmerie, GOC 7 Div Bridgdier Gen. AK Ibrahim among others
General Saly appreciated the political support rendered by Governor Babagana Umara @ProfZulum in the fight against insurgency in the Lake Chad region. He said the support had facilitated the smooth execution of non-kinetic operations,
On Fayemi’s invitation, Shettima arrives Ekiti, to give lecture on ‘succession planning’
Sen. @KashimSM Shettima just arrived Ado-Ekiti to attend the Ekiti State’s retreat as a Guest Speaker.
The Former Governor will speak on ‘Succession Planning - Ensuring Continuity
and Building a Sustainable Framework’, where he will share practical experiences with the Ekiti team to energize them as they move into the second half of the administration.
Themed ‘Finishing Well’, the retreat as a follow up to the edition conducted in 2019 will review how far the State has gone, and identify gaps with a view to setting priorities for the future.