Etsu Nupe Is Pillar Of National Unity, Says Kebbi Gov

Governor of Kebbi State Nasir Idris has described the Etsu Nupe, Dr Yahaya Abubakar, as a pillar of national unity.

The governor made the remark when he received a delegation from the emir on a courtesy visit at Government House, Birnin Kebbi, the state capital recently.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the delegation was in Birnin Kebbi to thank the governor for appointing a Nupe man, Alhaji Ahmed Idris from Niger as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS).

Idris said, “Nationally, when you talk of Etsu Nupe, people will say that yes, he is a good man, a philanthropist, an emir that always works to see that North and Nigeria stay as one family.

“We have no reason whatsoever not to thank the emir for giving us his son to come and serve with us here in Kebbi and we have not regretted working with him.

“Ahmed is a truly seasoned journalist to the core, a journalist without sentiment and a journalist who knows the job. Ahmed Idris is a Nigerlite and Kebbi is his second home, I knew him in the past 30 years, I worked with him as my best man when I was chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) and also chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Kebbi State,” Governor Idris said.

The governor recalled that the history of Gwandu in Kebbi and Bida in Niger State was an old and lasting one that bordered around boundary sharing, cross-marriages and cross-businesses, among others.

Idris said that Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has been his close friend, adding that they share so many things in common for the benefits of the two states.

Earlier, the leader of the delegation and Jakadan Labaran Nupe, Alhaji Muhammad Baba-Busu, said they were in Kebbi to convey the message of the Etsu Nupe to the governor and people of Kebbi.

He said the emir was highly elated for finding his subject worthy of the position of chief press secretary in Kebbi, assuring that the appointee would not disappoint the governor and the state at large.