Abdullahi Ganduje, All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman has tasked state governors and their deputies to maintain cordial relationship toward strengthening democracy in Nigeria.

Ganduje, a former Governor of Kano State said this he received members of former APC deputy governors’ forum in Abuja on Monday.

He said that being a deputy governor in Nigeria was most difficult because of sycophants who tried to create confusion and a rift between governors and their deputies.
He said that although deputy governors may be regarded as spare tyres, they were always needed in times of trouble in states.
“If you don’t need the spare tyre when you are normal, you will need it when you are in trouble.

“There is no doubt the position of the Deputy Governor is the most controversial position in governance, not only in Nigeria but all over the world,” he said.
This, he said, informed his writing of a book:” Deputising and Governance in Nigeria”.
Ganduje said that the APC under his leadership would look at the possibility of organising a national conference to discuss ways of smoothening relationships between governors and their deputies.

“That is why I decided to write a book, even up till now that problem is still on, in fact, if it persists, we are trying to organise a national conference on the relationship between Governors and their Deputies,” he said.

He said that the book does not only dwell on governors and their deputies but also the President and Vice-President, considering what happened between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar.