By; TOM GARBA, Yola
Nigeria is lucky to have a man currently holding the scepter of leadership for the people of Zamfara, North West Nigeria, His Excellency, Mr Dauda Lawal, the Executive Governor of the state.
The man Dauda was not crowned the governor because of his strength or wisdom, he was because God formed and predestined him to be and God saw what no man, not even the prophets of the land were able to see in him.
The young man in the build up of the 2023 elections, became a man after the people of Zamfara’s heart, a God’s choice who has the heart and nature of a great leader.
He risked his life through a journey of wilderness experience as an educated individual, a business technocrat and a highly skilled and trained leader, having gone to leadership schools both home and abroad in preparation for the call of leadership on him for the people of Zamfara. The true mark of leadership bequeathed on him by nature and destiny.
He is firmly holding the scepter, a staff in his hand as a leader signifying knowledge, wisdom, passion, focus, innovation, precision, and an enigma of sovereign authority. With this virtue on him on resuming office, the young visionary governor hits the ground running by assuring the people of Zamfara State of nipping in the bud, the activities of bandits raising their ugly heads and meeting all sorts of uncivil and lawless attacks on unarmed civilians.
He pledged to sustain the war of fighting bandits who have commercialized and legalized kidnapping and illegal mining in the state. The heinous activities of bandits in the state before Dauda came on board with a scepter of true leadership to turn the state into an enviable state of development. No wonder, his few months in office have since become a sigh of relief for the people of the state concerning the evil acts of bandits. Kingpins like Dogo Gide and his sponsors and cohorts have taken to their heels, running and hiding because Dauda has unleashed the terror of true leadership on anyone who is refusing to be law-abiding.
Zamfara is one of the agrarian states as land with the promising working governor, has started turning the economy’s potential through agriculture. One of his policy statements is to revive agriculture in the state, where agricultural products can be exported.
Because of how Dauda is ready and positioned to take Zamfara to the next level, everything seems to fight for his attention; news of his new dreams for the state, gossip of his new approach to governance, and cause the support of the stakeholders, people in the ruling communities supporting his revving policies.
A leader’s ability to lead excellently depends on his perception and ability to recognize God’s handiwork in every atom. This is another area that Dauda believes that the Government of Zamfara, with him sitting on the driving site navigating the affairs to a haven great development is an act of God Almighty. He has not failed in the area of prayers for God to make him another Moses or David of our time.
One of the many tests a great leader undergoes is the TEST OF INSIGHT. God will test your ability to accurately discern before He commits the destinies of people into your hands. For me, Dauda is an endorsement of God for the people of Zamfara. He is working and putting every single part of the system in place. The ability in him is so glaring that even the opposition with their machinations at the lower courts are falling flat because no one can be content with the will of God, Dauda Lawal is God’s ordained, designed, prepared, and packaged well for the people of Zamfara.
He is with the scepter, standing as an emblem and symbol of the good leadership prepared by God to lead. It’s good to say that God has used men from time immemorial to meet the needs of men. He reveals the destinies of people and nations to leaders. Dauda is another man I can tentatively say God has sent for not only Zamfara State, but Nigeria as a nation.
I call on all Zamfara sons and daughters to give him the maximum support.
Tom Garba, FICM, FBMC, SPSP wrote this article from Abuja-Nigeria. He can be reached via;
08030525759, 08172570959 or
tomgarba5@gmail.com
