Senator Ibrahim Shekarau, representing Kano-Central senatorial district, has vowed he wont retire from politics until death comes calling.
The 65-yr-old Shekarau, who was Minister of Education from 2014 to 2015 and two-term governor of Kano State, serving from 2003-2011 and elected Senator in 2019, told newsmen in Kano yesterday that, I have no time to retire from politics until death.
He made this disclosure while speaking about his political future shortly after he inaugurated the Shura Consultative Assembly whose mission, the former governor said, is to facilitate Just and fair Leadership at any level of government.
He said, In fact, why I have come back to speak for the second time is to dispute this aspect. As far as I am concerned, there is no time for me to retire from politics.
I have been saying this for the past 20 years. My politics is my religion; my religion is my politics and there is no time to retire out of religion. Because the two work towards one goal.
Religion is about serving God and the peak of serving God is to serve humanity who are Gods creatures.
He further said, “politics is all about serving the people, and to serve the people does not necessarily limit to occupying an office.
If I am 90 years old or too old to contest and go out and campaign, I can render some advice to the people in my bed. Politics is the process of serving humanity, that is my interpretation.
He added: My understanding of politics is your ability to interact with people and serve humanity in whatever form. So I have no time to retire; I am in politics to death”.
