The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio has cautioned second-term governors against selecting successors based solely on loyalty, warning that this approach may lead to betrayal when they leave office.
Akpabio made this statement at the commissioning of the first 30 kilometers of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway on Saturday in Lagos.
“We have a president who has both sight and vision. And this for me is something I must advise our governors, particularly those of them who are in their second term.
”Do not give power to anybody who is not looking for power,” Akpabio said.
He emphasised the importance of vision in leadership, urging second-term governors, especially those in the All Progressives Congress (APC), to prioritise visionary leadership over patronising loyalty.
“Don’t go hiding in your heart that this boy is very subservient; he is always kneeling when he is talking to me, his wife is always rolling on the floor, I think I should make this one the governor,” Akpabio cautioned.
“If you do that, you are giving power to somebody who is not prepared for governance and they will disappoint you. This is where betrayals normally start,” he added
Akpabio praised President Bola Tinubu’s leadership, saying, “For the progressive governors, I believe that all of you are doing well because you are being led by a man who has both sight and vision. ”
The event was attended by notable figures, including Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, Finance Minister Wale Edun, Works Minister David Umahi, and second-term governors such as Hope Uzodimma (Imo), Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), and Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) .
