2019: Etsu Nupe warns politicians to stop using his pictures to campaig

Chairman, of Niger State council of traditional
rulers and the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya
Abubakar, has warned politicians in the state to
stop using his pictures in their posters with the
aim of winning the sympathy of the electorates
for 2019 general elections.
The royal father also frowned at the attitude of
some politicians from his domain trying to
involve him in their politics and campaign
towards the 2019 general elections.
The monarch spoke at his Wadata Palace, in
Bida, on Saturday, when he received a
delegation of the ruling houses and some
traditional title holders in the emirate who paid
him the traditional sallah homage.
The monarch pointed out that it was
embarrassing to his office for politicians in his
emirate and throughout the state to resort to
printing posters and mounting billboards with
their pictures placed side by side with his.
According to him, “I am not a politician I have
not endorsed anybody for any political position,
and I don’t intend to endorse anyone” Alhaji
Yahaya Abubakar declared.
The traditional ruler however advised politicians
to play the game according to the rules, saying
that “they should also eschew bitterness and
character assassination during their
campaigns”.

He, therefore, announced his plan to set up a
rehabilitation centre in Bida to cater for the
physically challenged in the society and
therefore solicited for the support and
contribution of his subjects for the smooth take
off of the centre.
In the same vein, the traditional ruler urged
public spirited individuals in and outside the
emirate to donate generously to the Bida
Education foundation fund which he said was
to complement government efforts in the
funding of education in the Emirate.
According to him ” government alone cannot
fund education, they need our support”.
He then urged his subjects to enrol their
children in schools saying “Education is the
only legacy a parent can leave for the
upcoming generations.”
He also charged Nigerians to support the anti
corruption crusade of the federal government
because corruption in all spheres of the society
had eaten very deep into the body fabrics of
the society.
The Saba Nupe, Alhaji Abdulmalik Ndayako,
who was represented by the Kpotun Nupe,
Alhaji Manko Abdullahi, said the visit was to
pledge their loyalty to the Etsu Nupe.