May 29, 2019, along with some other governors who have served their complete double term of eight years, governor of Gombe State, Dr Ibrahim Dankwambo, OON (Talba Gombe), will hand over the reins of power to their various successors.
Defying the Buhari tsunami in 2015, Dankwambo with the massive support of Gombe people got elected for a second term which winds up on May 29. While his party, The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, might not have made an impressive showing in 2019 in the state as regards its electoral fortunes in the state, for Dankwambo personally, his legacies in the state will remain eternally indelible.
The spate of socio economic transformation witnessed in Gombe State under the Dankwambo years as he brought his wealth of experience in the public sector to bear on the fortunes of
“Jewel of the Savannah” has left many a Nigerian asking the secrets of his seeming magic wand.
Taking over in 2011, Dankwambo was to first and foremost set up a think…
