GAGDI AND THE TRAJECTORY OF PEOPLE’S PATIENCE
On February 12, 2023, those who accompanied Rt Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi to some of the farthest parts of the Federal Wards of Kanam LGA may have read through the thread of the development worth recounting for those who do not know Kanam here.
Traversing through Dugub, Dogonruwa, Munbutbo, Garga, it was easy to make-out what was ahead: Driving as if in a grandprix, that must be done to beat the heavy sand on the roads, but what laid ahead became a test of who was on the wheels.
But, Na Kankwana, from Angwan Gyero in Munbutbo and an old hand in handling the steering wheel is able to give any driver a lesson on how to drive in the sand. He was part of the entourage, who knows every pot hole from the point of start to finish.
The casualties became pronounced: Some vehicles fell to function and were left to be attended to the next day, just as the fatigue that came through pushing some of them that got stuck in the sand took its toll on all.
At Tunga, Lugur, and Garga and Munbotbo, Rt Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi would himself lead to push the vehicles which were stuck in the sand. Those who have stayed longer with him are quick to recall some of the days that he would challenge drivers who had problems and drive their vehicles to safety.
The moment night felt, the test became manifest from Ganjuwa, Birbyang, Tunga, Tukur, Yenla, Kantana, Jom terminating at Jarmai. By the time the entourage arrived at the venues of meeting his constituents, the night was far spent.
At some point for a first-timer, it would appear no soul would be met at the venues. It would surprise those that doubted that they kept virgil by singing and dancing until he arrived the venue.
But it was not the test that should make the headline:It was the sheer patience of supporters patiently waiting in the sun for hours to receive their son.
They knew he would turn up knowing the terrain of their area. For young men who own motorcycles, they displayed their skills in the most outrageous manner.
They understand politics. Only the patient goes home happier. The orientation serves well to raise politically conscious actors that could be accommodated.
That is the mold Rt Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi is made of. Suave as ever, he is the man to beat, because In God We Trust.
GAGDI CAMPAIGN COUNCIL MEDIA
February 14, 2023
Freelance Reporters 