The Making of a “Consensus” Gwamna
By Kabiru Danladi Lawanti The closest I came to knowing Jamilu Isiyaku Gwamna was sometime in 2020 or 2021, when my friend, Alhaji Dahiru Hassan Kera invited me to Kaduna to facilitate a training for social media influencers from Gombe. The initiative, I believe, was part of the early preparations for his 2023 governorship ambition. As it turned out, the odds were not in his favour then. Gwamna, however, is no stranger to politics. He is a seasoned administrator who has long nursed the ambition of becoming governor, perhaps since 2003. Whether this is his moment is something only time will tell. If personal familiarity were the deciding factor, my choice would have been Usman Bello Kumo, the only aspirant I know closely, and who knows me as well. But our history is not without its tensions. In 2006, as a young graduate and journalist, I wrote a critical piece on his tenure as Chairman of Akko Local Government. It did not go down well with him or with the governor at th...