When Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta gave up her position as vice chancellor of Adamawa State University to run as Governor Ahmadu Fintiri’s running mate in the state’s just-concluded dramatic governorship election, she acknowledged that she was taking a risk.
The deputy governor-elect, Farauta, stated that the people in her town and the governor encouraged her to resign from her position as vice chancellor and run for deputy governor, saying that it is time for all parties to put politics aside and work together to unify the state’s citizens. This was in response to a comment made by Farauta on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
Farauta also vowed to speak with the governor to see how they might approach various organisations in the state “to mend every fence that have been broken during this politicking.”
She stated: “Life is about taking risks and whatever you do in life amounts to taking risks. I knew that when I left the classroom and university environment to take up being the running mate of a sitting governor, it’s either I win or I lose,”
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“I believe that God orders people’s destinies and whatever comes your way is a risk and whatever you take up to do in life, as long as you believe in God, and believe in yourself, God will sort it out with you.”
“The community prompted me, my people prompted me and of course my boss did.”
“We might have hurt each other in the process of politicking. Now, that is over, we should put it behind us as brothers and sisters, mend our fences because the things that unite us are more than the things that divide us.
“If we focus on things that unite us as Adamawa citizens and Nigerians, we will build a better Adamawa State for ourselves and our children yet unborn,” she added.
