Aliyu Urges Lamido To Run For Presidency

There are indications that there
may not be automatic ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for President Goodluck Jonathan to contest next year’s presidential election.
The indications emerged on Saturday when the Niger State governor and chairman of the Northern Governors Forum, Alhaji Babangida Aliyu told his Jigawa State counterpart, Sule Lamido to get prepared for the presidency next year.
Speaking during the 2014 Haji Operation at the N13 billion new Dutse International Airport at Fanisau Village, Dutse, Governor Aliyu told the Jigawa State governor to get set for higher service following what he described as his remarkable achievements in the state.
According to Aliyu, “I have heard about what you (Lamido) have been doing and I have come to see it for myself. All I can say is that you should be prepared for higher service”.
Impressed by Lamido’s achievements, the Sultan of  Sokoto, Alhaji Abubakar Sa’ad, who among other dignitaries including Vice President Namadi Sambo, the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi; Oba Rilwanu Akiolu of Lagos, the Sheu of Borno, attended the event, said if there was a fourth term, Lamido should have been asked to run.
The newly commissioned airport, according to the Sultan, “is the best in this part of the world if not the best”.
Sambo who represented President Goodluck Jonathan at the event, urged the pilgrims to pray for divine intervention in the nation’s insecurity problems and hitch-free 2015 elections.
He asked the 530 pilgrims to be better ambassadors and imbibe the orientation given to them by the country’s agencies to adhere to Saudi Arabia laws.
The Vice-president hailed the authorities of Saudi Arabia Kingdom for clearing Nigeria’s pilgrims for the holy pilgrimage, despite Ebola scare, pledging that no Ebola patient would be allowed to go for the hajj operation.
He also reinstated the Federal Government’s commitment towards curtailing the Ebola virus, saying the government has approved N1.7 billion for states to fight the killer-disease.