Nigeria: Decoding Lamido

9 April 2013
opinion

Abdullahi Rabiu writes that the Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has begun to speak in parables as his body language during the signing into law of the 2013 budget is instructive

It was at the signing of the 2013 Budget held at the Conference Hall of the Jigawa Government House, Dutse. But something was obviously unusual; the Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, had tactfully begun to bid the state farewell. This was palpable as he made reflections on the number of years that have passed by, how he started and elevated the status of the state to where it is today.

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