Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has expressed proud giant strides Adamawa State recorded under the stewardship of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, describing Fintiri’s leadership qualities as unique and exemplary.
Atiku made the comment in a letter he wrote to Fintiri, congratulating the government and people of Adamawa State on the occasion of Nigeria’s Diamond Jubilee anniversary celebration.
“Governor Fintiri has exhibited the highest qualities of leadership for the diverse ethnicities in Adamawa that makes every well-meaning Adamawa citizen proud.
” The Governor’s spirited efforts, noble and onerous policies that he has undertaken in order to promote nationhood, prosperity, and growth in Adamawa state.
“Even though Governor Umaru Fintiri inherited a whopping N115 billion debt from the previous administration, he was able to champion a world-class transformation of the microeconomic structure of the state to a position where every modicum of corruption has been eradicated”. Atiku added.
He opined that it is not for nothing that the Governor is popularly referred to as ‘ATM’ and ‘Fresh Air’ as the first amongst first-time governors to successfully conduct local government election and expunge a culture of unpaid salary arrears of local government workers, primary school teachers and the primary healthcare sector.
The former Vice President observed that although there are challenges to a dynamic democracy in Nigeria at all levels of government occasioned by insecurity, among others, the people continue to hold the nation and each other up.
He explained that Nigeria celebrates its diamond anniversary of 60:years of the emergence of democracy in May 1999 ended a consecutive 16 years of military rule, which he noted Nigerians have come a long way.
Atiku called for diversification of the economy particularly in the northern part of the country, as the region was developed without oil, and tasked state governments and the people to ensure that the North is the nerve of economic diversification in Nigeria.
He urged for a strategic diversification for the prosperity of the people which he said will support security, innovation, eradication of poverty, economic transformation, regional integration, and most importantly a significant development of the region.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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