A deserved award for Mai Mala Buni

By Abba Dukawa

Prior to June, 2020, there was euphoria from other opposition politician camps and even some political analysts have written off that the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) was on the brink of either serious leadership crisis or party might be in its last days. But like a miracle, the party found a lasting solution by dissolving the then National Working Committee (NCW), led by Adams Oshiomhole.

The award conferred on the APC Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC), Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni, as a Politician of the Year at the 2021 Annual Conference and Awards Ceremony of Leadership Media Group is a market of recognition of his APC-led Committee in retooling the governing party and also a convincible pointer that he has done well and still doing well.

This, indeed is a well deserved award on this humble grassroot politician in addition to being a morale booster to serve Yobeans and the country at large.

Re-assessing the emerging success recorded by APC National Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Committee led by the governor of Yobe State, it tells doubters that he is a true democrat and future national leader and also political strategist.

At the inception of the Caretaker Committee, he had met the party national leaders like Chief Bisi Akande, John Oyegun and Tinubu and other aggrieved members toward restoring crisis-ridden ruling party back to life. This effort has put the party on the path of greatness again.

In Buni’s APC led committee, the ruling party found peace and regaining its soul and it was able to make the party stronger through a successful drive of hard work, building through peace reconciliation trait. His Excellency, Mai Mala Buni reconciliation drive save the party from being divided. APC witnessed gale of defection to the party, from its closest rival, the Peoples Democratic Party governors, federal and State legislators and other influential political leaders across the country.

In fact, HMB proved himself as a huge asset to the ruling party and the country that his three decades experience in politics are giving the party a sense of direction as National Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Committee members acts together in ensuring party discipline, and cohesion are made sacrosanct and are imbibed by members by high and low.

The hallmark of a great leader is not measured in castle and materials, but in ability to groom and lead successfully.

The Caretaker Committee under Gov. Buni had regained the party and made it stronger and able to put the party back on track by first; addressing all the grievances that, in the first place, brought it to its knees.

In this piece to marks Leadership Newspapers award conferred on
Governor Buni as “politician Of The Year 2021 is not borne out of sheer vain glorious imagination, but a great opportunity to write about a strategist and grassroot politician and a great achiever of transforming socio-economic and infrastructural development of Yobe.

Dukawa writes from Kano and can be reached at abbahydukawa@gmail.com