Your Excellency,

Permit me, sir, to first commend your enormous achievements in restoring Borno State from the devastating effects of insurgency. Through your long-term development plans and committed leadership, you have taken the state to greater heights. As your tenure gradually draws to a close in the coming months, your name has already been firmly engraved in history through your impactful projects and leadership.

Your Excellency, it is an undeniable fact that leadership comes with great responsibility. One of the most important tasks of a leader is identifying a worthy successor who will sustain and build upon the legacy you picked from the Vice President, HE Kashim Shettima and yours as well. The people of Borno are eager and hopeful to see who will emerge as your successor. While I believe that consultations are ongoing on this subject matter, I humbly wish to contribute my thoughts for your consideration.

It would be a commendable milestone in your administration to consider a successor from Southern Borno, as a way of promoting inclusivity and giving the region a fair opportunity to occupy the highest office in the state. Secondly to be less ambitious, considering that the Southern Borno has historically held the position of Deputy Governor, I respectfully appeal that you and the APC consider a Christian candidate to fit in that position.

Either of these considerations would further strengthen your legacy as a fair and visionary leader.

It is my sincere prayer that you complete your tenure in good health. May God grant you the wisdom and strength to continue your efforts in restoring peace and ensuring the protection of lives and property across the state.

Long live Borno State.
Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Yours faithfully,
Wadzani Jabani DAGALA.