“The story of Kano is the story of Nigerians who, on the back of agriculture, commerce and industry, built a city whose growth has been wholly organic, having neither served as an administrative national capital like Lagos and Abuja nor as a regional capital like Ibadan, Enugu and Kaduna. Some say that Kano is a city, others say it is a city-state. They all affirm that Kano is a city, constantly pregnant with other cities in its womb”. – Senator Olusola Adeyeye
It was my second time in Kano. My first trip, in 2014, was for a political conference organized by the then newly emerged National Youth Leader of the newly formed All Progressives Congress (APC); Hon. Ibrahim Dasuki Jalo. It was a new experience for me, as the programme happened in my early years as a political guru aspirant – my sojourn into politics had started in 2012!
Coincidentally, this second trip to Kano was also a political trip, where a good number of support groups of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN; the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria came together as one body under the auspices of ‘The New Tribe’ to request and encourage him to contest for the position of the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria come 2023.
The new Tribe is the tribe devoid of ethnic differences and ethnic bigotry that causes divisions. It’s a tribe driven on oneness and affection amongst citizens irrespective of language, cultural and religious differences. These attributes of the Nigeria we want and need are embodied by the Vice President; Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, which we have to instill in the minds of all Nigerians and the unborn generations.
The highlights of Kano for me were the people and their willingness and readiness to help at every turn; from trying to get ‘keke’ to move around town to trying to understand how to communicate with indigenes that only spoke the hausa language e.g., the keke riders. We had people willing to help us interpret and gladly give descriptions in our quests to find restaurants to eat. They were all very accommodating in my interactions with them.
The downsides for me in Kano were the mosquitoes, they were literally and relentlessly everywhere! And the lack of enough spice in their meals, as a Yoruba girl that I am, made it somewhat difficult to be able to eat well for the period I was in Kano.
My very short stay in Kano reinforced to me that Nigerians are one and we can actually live together as one tribe devoid of the foisted ethnic and religious colourations that tend to cause divisions and disunity amongst us.
This was particularly demonstrated in the love and support shown Prof. Yemi Osinbajo through the massive turnout recorded for the event from Citizens all over the country and even in Kano. It all just points to the fact that we are one and that folks across different ethnicities believe he is the right man to lead us into the future.
“while every destination is known for its own uniqueness derived from its culture, it’s people, the scenery, art, etc., the experience with every destination is determined largely by your company, travel group or colleagues. My surrounding crowd or group of friends and colleagues on this journey were “ friends with a common purpose” – supporters of Prof …
