 Very good morning to you, and thanks for joining us on today's edition of the run-up. My name is Nyam Gul Aghaji, and today we'll be looking at various issues like, as usual, we'll be talking to the managing director of, okay, let me start with what he was before now. The one-time commissioner for comments in Kano State, now the managing director of Dara Dryport. He will be talking to us about politics in Kano. You know what it is. He's the leading governor who is of the ruling party, but also having a presidential candidate who seems to be the fourth person whenever they are calling the major political parties and people who are really making waves in the political space, leading up to 2023. I'm talking about Rabiou Kankwasso. So we'll be talking with the MD Dara Dryport to tell us more about the politics back home there in Kano State. That will be honorable Ahmed Rabiou, like I said. We'll also be looking at another very turning issue today. We just had the music, we woke up to the news that Nupeng might be going on strike in these hard times where the bus drivers have gone on strike for the next one week, things might be a little bit more difficult for the people who do not own cars by themselves, and now Nupeng is threatening to go on strike again because of some issues that need to be addressed and have not been addressed over the years. We'll have someone talk with us today, and his name is Mr. Obarro. Obarro will be telling us what the issues are and possibly what needs to be done for the matter to be solved so that some of us will not have to go through all that. But because even if you own a car and Nupeng goes on strike, you will still be affected. Whether you jump buses, you own a car or anything, whether you even take flight because you must, if you can take flight nowadays, that means you are what Nigerians will call a big man. You are an employer of labor and then your people may not be able to come to work. So it affects everybody. Then we also have a governor who has always been on the news talking about Governor Nyesom Wieke. The latest statement he made was that reverse state is not decided yet. Who to vote for to become Nigeria's president? Wieke is PDP. Reverse state is predominantly PDP and a little bit of APC because we had the minister for transportation coming from there, Rotimi and Meichi. But because of the problems that we are seeing in the PDP, Wieke has been at loggerheads with his principle or his supposed principle, Alhadyatikua Bubaka and the chairman of the party, Yocha Ayu. So right now because of that problem, Wieke is saying they are not decided yet who is going to be the person to vote for to become president. So we are looking at maybe some alignments and others happening before 2023. But we will have someone not from reverse state who will be talking with us and I am talking about Mr. Achike Chude. He will also be joining us on the program to comment on what Wieke just said. But let's start with our first guest, Mr. Amit Rabu, managing director of Daurah Dryport. Hello Mr. Rabu and welcome to the program. Good morning and thank you for having me. Okay, well, Karnu has a presidential candidate of a different party and a sitting governor of a different party. How is that working out in Karnu right now? I have not got you quite in full but I think I have a good idea of what you are thinking here. Karnu has been a political, if you like, nucleus for not only northern Nigeria but we can find ourselves to say for the country, for the gifts that God has given us of being the most popular state and also most cosmopolitan where every Nigerian finds a home and the also the gift of a people that are really positively politically disposed, able to take decisions on the basis of good reasoning, not on short-sighted, some kind of small group interest. From the time we had the gift of Malan in Karnu and the rest of the Dillongian to government at the center and the self-development to the recent one, if you like, that happened of the context of our own son of Blaise Maware, Alec Bashir Othman Trofa and also of the area that could come forward by the land of the other who won Karnu and the son of Karnu lost in Karnu. So the term of people are politically conscious and they make their calculations positive and to start on that trend is to mention, if you like, to remember that before anybody stood in favor of the Asuaji Bola Ahmed Tillibu, our governor had strongly stood in promotion of the candidates of his Excellency Senator Bola Ahmed Tillibu as the most preferred candidate for the Nigerian presidency and these are all special gifts that you find only in Karnu and so the presence of candidates on another party seeking presidency in Karnu does not actually in any way change the dynamics in Karnu. The Karnu people are positively deposed and will do what is right at every time and that is why anything you look at when it comes to the interplay, you find that our people in Karnu are very conscious of making the right decision and boldly coming out to attack it. Honorable Rabu, the movement of the presidential candidate of the NNPP Rabu Kankoso known as the Kankosia, we've heard that it's a very strong movement as far as Karnu is concerned. How are you contending with that? How are you able to tackle that because you're still selling the candidacy of the APC presidential flag bearer Bola Ahmed Tillibu. So how are you trying to win Karnu from a Karnu song to someone else? You can be rest assured that for as far as we are concerned there is no Kankosia at the moment. If you take the individual that is the figurehead and then you look at him and say where are the luteinants who made the name Tic? You find that they now belong to totally several different groups. For instance, he's currently, my governor, Ablai Ubar Kankoji, belongs to the APC and you can be rest assured that he has pulled with him more than half of Kankosia. The former and the founder of Kankosia, they call that the former secretary to the candidate government, Rabu Suleiman Bici, has moved, is with Kankoji now and virtually a lot of the heads are with Kankoji and then some of the also Kankosia elements are in the PDT and quite a number of other elements of the Kankosia are also in the PRT and in a few other parties. So what is left with the leader of the Kankosia movement or group if you like, less than perhaps 20% of the people that really made him to really be that attractive. So that can also make him that strong. So as far as APC is concerned, the party and NPT is actually not a party to see us. If there is any content that it is not an NPT to the APC. We are very comfortable with the kind of candidates we have put ahead. We have brought from a deputy governor, a sub-independent governor of the National Republic of Nagyanduji, the Nationalist of Gaona, and we also have got a very popular politician, Murtala Sela-Garu, the running mate and the two of them today if you do any opinion poll, you will find that they are not only at the top, but the gap between them and those who follow them is definitely a very big one. So we are so comfortable that we have got the right candidate, not only at the states and he says there are people that have a tinnable, but in every other sphere we have made the deliberate attempt to make sure that internal democracy in our party dictated the terms of our activities. So we do not have any clear from NPT. That's why I told you the story of a man, who was also, at his time, a really popular person, but despite of his being kind of a person, the other kind of people at your left came in and won the election in kind of ahead of the election, so kind of people are not exposed to just a term. No, the conclusion is that by us all, you see, is that the right place to go? And do we take the right position? Okay, the names you have dropped, very big names of the, forgive the word, of the old stock. And a lot of people have said the 2023 election will largely be decided by the youths. What are you doing to galvanize these youths to be on your side, to make sure that the 2023 is in your favor? Because they may not be very much in support of the older generation, so to speak. Our leader, the governor of Gandugia, has always been conscious of the strategic role of the youth and women. And even in his processes of empowerment and bringing him together for inclusiveness, he has had special programs for the youth and women, who are actually the largest segment of the working public. Even all those involved in the film industry, those that are involved in the anti-tuals, and literally all sides where the youth are engaged, have been adequately captured in the cycle of inclusiveness, so that they don't only form parts of the movement, but they are empowered to be comfortable and to be attracted to work and ensure sustainable good governance that has been absorbed by the government of Gandugia. Some people say that the politics in the North is for the Nords. Not in us. That's what the feel. Not in us feel that way. And here we are having... No, I have not got you. Can you come again? Sorry. Some people feel... One of the things for the North is... Okay, let me rephrase. Some people feel that when there is a very strong candidate from the North, the Nords will never leave their own to vote for someone from somewhere else. And that's why some of the candidates, even we have heard them campaigning and saying that it is not for North. So... Okay, I think that's a very unfair judgment. Those people who know us, if they had been to Camel, in my introduction, I said Camel is the most popular state. Camel is also the most cosmopolitan state. The only state that Ramchawda would ask is Lagos. In terms of cosmopolitan leadership, it's position. We are people that the moment you come in from anywhere in the world, you drop your bag in the hotel or in the market, you are welcome and you are made to feel at home, and you remain at home and make comfortable. We are not people that have those narrow considerations. That is why even Lagos today prides itself with the contributions to become everybody by our 2000s. I leave God and go to it. I'm just going to drive you. These two Nigerians that have settled and played the attentiveness in Lagos and other parts of the South West and the South South and the Nords themselves, they have not, if they have any matches, they don't tend to be limited. They will not have gone outside their home. So we are great people and the nature of, the hospitality nature of our people is the reason why today every tribe in Nigeria has at least 10% of its population, residents in Camel, doing business in Camel, living comfortably in Camel. If by any means we have that limitation, we wouldn't have voted a viola against our own son, but she was not too far. Both of them have less money. We voted a viola. They are not far away. I mean all the interactions with the tribe in the past, if you look at them, you find that the Nords and I, it's a very liberal passion generally. And the next thing I was up on the Nords section, from the Nords West or from the Nords East, that is nothing like all Nords that some people try to create it. To make some people feel they are not Nords, or some are more Nords than others. We are Nords and our attitude is generally very receptive, very hospitable, very kind, very considerate, and people that have been played through a large population, by virtue of which you must ensure the existence and the maintenance of the rule of law. And that is why you find generally, except for the challenges are coming, we are the most feasible zone in the entire country. And therefore our political position is also a positive one and a good one. Okay, just a quick one before we wrap it up. If you say Kano is a cosmopolitan place, it's populated and whatever you have used to describe Kano, it also means that there are people of various faiths in Kano state. Now, one of the issues that people have been grumbling about the APC is the presentation of two candidates or the presidential candidate and his running mate of the same faith. So how are the Christians and other faiths in Kano taking this? Or if they are taking it well, what did you do to bring them to your fold? Beautiful. Now, the problem over Kano just from his first day in office, the fact even before he became the governor, when he was deputy governor, had been in charge of making sure that there was a peaceful coexistence among different tribes and religious groups and other social interests. And when he became governor, he put that in a very important task, which he really put a lot of energy on. They had all the meetings with all the different Christian groups, with different Islamic sects and all those, and trying to cover that and let everybody turn him below and give everybody his right in the staff. Now, the issue of the Muslim-Muslim ticket, things do happen as it tells the circumstance. We are a evolving democracy. Time will come that when you ask the name of the individual, they are not concerned about his religion because your concern will be his capacity to deliver. Now, the team that we have now in the form of Bola and Hajji Katchin is a child of circumstance. It came in the way it did, not because that is a threat for our Christian brothers or anything, but because politics is always a game. You look at the catchment. You look at the scheme that when you are going to sell, and try, you have to imagine, how catchment you are contributing to sell the project of ACC. If you have somebody, there are a large number of brothers, Christians all over the place, you could have somebody even better than him, but in the scheme of party politics, it is not the competence of the individual that qualifies him to be appointed, but it is belonging. If you do not have any approach, touch individual, or if there are other challenges going in the future, then when you come in, and the selection points to a person that comes in to be able to support the ticket to him, then that has to happen. So we have taken charge all the time of our Christian brothers around, and communicated with them, and they also have seen that the commitment of Gacchia Chetima is not coming on a religious ground. It is just a coincidence that you are a Muslim, and coincidentally also, the black bearer is also a Muslim, a mere coincidence. It was never decided and deliberate to bring the two Muslims together. And since that happened before, Juan Artiona was on a Muslim Muslim ticket, and he won. You know how it has happened? He won the election, but it was the junta issue, the factor of alignment. But the key issue is that people elected them, and we believe, even on the leader of the campaign, it's a Christian. It's a Christian, the director of the Gola Gacchia ticket, ATC, is a Christian. And the Christians are very prominently established in the scheme, and they know they are respected, and they know the coincidence of a black bearer and his roommate, a coincidence of selection. And they are born out of so many actions that take place. And therefore, we do not believe there is any challenge imposed by that. We believe the elections will come. Our Christian brothers and the Muslim brothers will work together, and even those who do not have any faith will all work as Nigerians and ensure that the job, the month for the job, the most complicated individual, the Abola Ahmad Ilubo, is elected for the job. Okay. Okay. I admire your confidence, and I hope that it will translate to victory. If God wills it. It is by the gift of God. So, good luck in your endeavors. We are also watching for it. Good luck in your endeavors. We are praying for the best man to win, whoever that will be. And when he wins, we hope that the entire Nigeria will be better for it. Thank you so much. We'll be better for it by the gift of God. Honorable Ahmed Raview, thank you so much for being a part of our program today. Thank you so much for having me, and God bless. Bye, next week. Sorry, just a moment. By next week, we might be calling you to tell us more about the Daurah Drive Port, how that works, and everything around it. So, be on standby. Thank you so much. But, it's a quick one in a minute. In a minute, I would just say the Alaylal Drive Port is an international port of origin and isolation from which cargo could be exported to anywhere in the world. And that will also be an ultimate, and that is also an ultimate distinction for cargo from anywhere in the world, any continent, right into Hanoi, the Waikiki Kumbadu, a lot of them. Okay. So, it's a place that everybody will want to know about, and they will really tell us about the economy and improve our foreign exchange earnings. We will have time for details of that by next week. So, get yourself prepared. All the information we need to know, we will get them by next week. Thank you so much for today. Thanks. Thank you so much. God bless. Thank you. Thank you so much for having me. Thank you. Thank you. So, that was Honorable Ahmed Rabiu, the managing director of Daora Dryport. How that works, what importance it is to the economy and everything we need to know. We'll find out next week when we bring him on the program again. Right now, we'll take a short break when we return. We'll be talking about no-paying threatening to go on strike. Stay with us. With a population of over 200 million, Nigeria is the most popular black country on earth. We are diverse, strong, vibrant and mostly young. We are yet to reach the land of our dreams. We can write, tell and be our own story. From the economy, education, security to politics, you name it. We can build the Nigeria of our dreams if we work together. 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