For Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, in Nigeria, it was a rough experience at the 6th Annual Trust Dialogue yesterday, when he was booed after making uncomplimentary remarks about the recently-conducted presidential election in Ghana.
The governor incurred the wrath of the audience when he said Nigeria had nothing to learn from the just-concluded election in Ghana.
Lamido explained that Ghana had its peculiarity quite different from Nigeria’s, and that the election in the country was successful because the country was quite small, population wise, noting Ghana could only be compared to Lagos State in terms of population.
“What lessons have we to learn from Ghana’s so-called successful conduct of its general election? Absolutely none, I will say. We are big, we have our peculiarities, Ghana has it own, so, we are quite different in all respects.
“I am not sure the country has done anything extra-ordinary by hosting a successful election, after all the population of the country is quite small, it can barely compete with Lagos State if the accurate number of people in the state is counted,” Lamido argued.
He said: "Nigeria remains the giant of Africa and, therefore, others must continue to learn from us, not us learning from a country like Ghana.''
He was immediately interrupted by booing and jeers from the audience with shouts of “no” “it’s a lie” “go away” which rent the air.