Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; former President Goodluck Jonathan; Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje; vice presidential candidate of the APC and former
He disagreed with those tagging deputies as spare tyres, saying their role could be likened to a captain and pilot in an aircraft.
“As former President Jonathan said, of his relationship with late Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, the president does not expect me to call him when he is away, he expects that I know what to do and should do it. “Can you imagine a situation where the captain leaves the cockpit briefly and you hear an announcement from the cockpit, ‘ladies and gentlemen, I am the deputy to the captain, the captain is in the restroom, and I am only a spare tyre and I am not sure what to do now.’ If you are on that plane you will ask God for forgiveness, for expecting that a deputy or vice plays no role.”
The former president noted that the relationship between elected political leaders and their deputies had not always been very cordial, and where such deputies hardly succeed their principals. “Beyond that, there is also the need for a legal adjustment to assign clear responsibilities, other than the ad hoc functions they perform at the behest of their bosses, to the deputy governors, in order to reduce tension in the administrative process.
According to him, such unsavoury relationships remained a threat not only to the development of the affected states but equally inimical to democracy.
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