DESPITE protests over his choice as new Kaduna State Deputy Governor, Ambassador Nuhu Bajoga was officially sworn in Friday.
At the ceremony, Governor Muktar Ramallan Yero explained that he chose Bajoga because of his maturity and age.
The House of Assembly had at an executive session on Thursday cleared Bajoga for the position, in spite of opposition from a section of the Southern Kaduna people, who insisted that he should retain his position as the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in the state.
Some youths from Southern Kaduna are against the choice of Bajoga, while elders of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU), led by retired Maj-Gen. Zamani Lekwot said the opponents “are misguided.”
Members of the youth wing of SOKAPU had insisted on the withdrawal of Bajoga’s nomination and replacement with a more youthful and vibrant politician.
“I chose Ambassador Bajoga because of his age, for the benefit of the state, because they say age is experience and we are going to work together harmoniously for the betterment of the state,” Yero said after the state Chief Judge, Justice Rahilah Cudjoe, administered the Oath of Office on Bajoga at the banquet hall of the Gen. Hassan Usman Katsina House.
The governor explained further: “You will never find me difficult to approach because I know the office of the Deputy Governor and I will do my best to improve on the way I left it.”
He also re-affirmed his commitment to continuing with the three-point agenda of the late Governor Patrick Yakowa to ensure security, unity and development of the state.
Addressing journalists yesterday before Bajoga was sworn in, spokesman of Kauru Council chapter of Southern Kaduna Youths, Sunday Tagwai Kulong, said there are several other credible sons of the zone to occupy the positions.
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