Ango Abdullahi

Ango Abdullahi (born 13 December 1938) is a Nigerian academician and a politician. He is a former vice chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University and former representative of Zaria West constituency of Kaduna State. Quotes Well, as Muslims we know that from God we come and to God we shall return. Death happens every day. In the last four months we have experienced loss of fairly prominent personalities. We must also remember that the North has been going through this for ages. For those of us who saw when Sardauna, Abubakar (Tafawa Balewa), Mallam Aminu Kano and others like Tarka and Saraki died, it is a normal process. It all depends on timing and perhaps the circumstances of such deaths. It appears you are concerned about the timing of the passing of the four personalities you mentioned, perhaps in the context of the political situation in the country, with particular reference to the North. I think this is what you are alluding to. And when you look at each one of them, one of the youngest who just died is Buhari. Each of them held very high offices and by some coincidence, each one held an office until he reached the pinnacle. If you look at them in the context of the services they rendered to the country, and perhaps more specifically, their relevance to the issues in northern Nigeria and so on, there is no doubt that the country has lost a lot, more so the North. Certainly, we wish that these people were very much alive today, but God destined their departure at this time and they went. We have to accept that. To me, Buhari was an accident in politics. I didn’t know him until he became the military head of state. From when he joined the army, he would have been very much our junior. One must accept that when he came into office, he certainly was not a politician. And with due respect, I don’t think he knew much politics. At the time the Shagari government was kicked out, looking at the challenge before him at that time, one would have expected that he would find competent, hardworking, honest northern politicians or politicians generally in the country to assist his administration as a military head of state. Of course, this is what Gowon did. Gowon became head of state at the age of 33 or 34 and what he did was to invite Aminu Kano, Awolowo and other politicians to run his government. And he succeeded for nine years, including fighting a civil war without borrowing one kobo. That is the major difference between General Gowon as a military head of state and Buhari. He didn’t get good political leadership, whether from the North or anywhere else to really guide his administration. External links Category:Politicians from Nigeria Category:Academics from Nigeria Category:1938 births Category:Living people