By Mukhtar Jarmajo
When I read his Tweet, which was against the powers that be in Abuja, I knew Salihu Tanko Yakasai also known as Dawisu will eventually pay the price for stating his opinion that was by and large contrary to that of his principal. The first rule of engagement for any government appointee, not just media aide, is that they must be loyal to their principal.
Failure to adhere to that will land the appointee in trouble and thus stand the risk of loosing the job just as Dawisu is on suspension. In democracy, the game of politics is predicated on simply, loyalty. Most at times, competence or if you like capacity comes next to loyalty whenever an appointment into political office is to be made.
In the same Kano, former HoR member, Hon. Abdulmuminu Jibrin Kofa and former member of the state Executive Council, Engr. Muaz Magaji have in the past paid the supreme price for what could be largely described as disloyalty. Dawisu could have learnt from their saga. But he obviously didn’t.
Meanwhile, in all this, Governor Ganduje remains proactive in reassuring Abuja of his loyalty. The case of Hon. Kofa may be primarily local politics. But for Muaz Magaji now known as “win-win,” it was in connection with the demise of Abba Kyari, President Buhari’s erstwhile Chief of Staff. Likewise for Dawisu, Abuja is involved.
So as Gimba Kankanda rightly wrote in his Dailytrust column last week, Ganduje may be unassuming, but he is always strategically positioned to walk his political way to success. Given his antecedents, Ganduje will always be in the good books of the presidency.
Jarmajo wrote from Abuja.
