GOV LAMIDO DENIES PRESIDENTIAL AMBITION

Governor Lamido has said he never nursed any aspiration for the Office of the President, much less stepping down for President Goodluck Jonathan.
“I have never declared interest in the presidential election. Maybe you should remind me when you and I discussed my declaration and aspiration,” he said in an interview .“I could not have stepped down for an office I did not seek.”
The governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Umaru Kyari also gave more insights before boarding a flight to Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj.
Kyari said: “He has never told anybody that he was going to contest. That is why they are urging him to contest.
“It is not correct to say he has stepped down for the President because he has never told anybody that he will contest for the presidency in 2015. But it is true that based on his excellent performance, some people were urging him to contest.
“When the South-South, South-West, South-East, North-Central, North-East endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan, they had their reasons. But in the North-West, Jigawa State said he has not fulfilled election promises he made in 2011.
“To support the President in 2011, he promised to construct an airport in the state; put a water scheme in Dutse; water works and irrigation project Auyo Valley project, a dual carriage way from Gaya to Jigawa State; and to assist the state in the area of desert encroachment
“The Federal Government has not fulfilled all these promises, that was why we said Jigawa should be counted out of the President’s endorsement by the North-West for 2015 poll.
“Even Governor Sule Lamido’s friends in the PDP have spoken to Jonathan that his grouses are genuine and based on the promises.”