By Chioma Gabriel, Acting Editor and Charles Kumolu
It’s seven days in office for newly sworn-in governors and many were welcomed aboard with crisis that characterised the tenure of their predecessors.

In Bornu State, the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, which had claimed responsibility for some of the recent violence in the north eastern states of the country, rejected an amnesty proposed by the new governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima.

Shettima, elected on  April 16  and sworn into office on May 29  had stated in his very first interview that his administration would, within its first 100 days in office, hold discussions with Boko Haram towards granting its members amnesty but in its response to the proposal through a statement broadcast on the BBC Hausa service, a local language radio station in Kaduna, a spokesman for the group said: “We reject any offer of dialogue or so_called amnesty from Kashim Shettima for two reasons.

Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State

“First, we do not believe in the Nigerian Constitution. And, secondly, we do not believe in democracy but only in the laws of Allah.”

Meanwhile, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Related offences Commission has disclosed  that 24 state governors who were recently sworn in have been investigated and found to be neck deep in corruption.

Chairman of the Commission, Justice Emmanuel Olayinka Ayoola, who made the disclosure did not however, name the affected governors but hinted that investigation had been launched into the controversial National Rural Electrification Board’s project in a South-East State.

In Oyo State where Senator  Abiola Ajimobi’s  victory at the polls did not come as  a surprise. , various controversies that characterized the era of Akala as governor implies that Ajimobi would be confronted with myriad of problems from his first day at work.

For instance, barely twenty hours after his inauguration, the new governor was confronted with the task of restoring order, following crisis between rival members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW.. This latest crisis implies that the issue of NURTW in Oyo State would add to the factors that might make or mar his administration.

Observers are not in doubt that the new administration, inherited a state where the populace is still nursing the bruises of the previous government. In line with this, analysts have argued that Ajimobi would be faced with the task of rebuilding confidence on the governed.

It is believed that the issue of the ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), is eagerly waiting for the attention of the new governor.  Not a few maintained that it can be resolved amicably and the dignity of the institution restored.

Though, this may not pose a greater challenge,many believe that the peoples will triumphed in the state, but the various petitions challenging the governor’s victory, remain a source of concern.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) which lost the governorship seat is claiming that the new governor  holds the citizenship of the United States of America and so, has run foul of the provisions of the Nigerian Constitution for public office holders. PDP is therefore seeking nullification of his election, saying he was not worthy to run the affairs of the Pacesetter State.

Beside the PDP challenge, another petition has equally been filed by the Action Alliance (AA) against Ajimobi and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), for omission of the party’s logo from the ballot papers.        In Nassarawa State, the loss of the PDP to Tanko  Al-makura of the CPC is one defeat that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is still mourning.

Following the internal crisis within the state PDP, Tanko Almakura became the major beneficiary of controversy. It was gathered that most of Nassarawa party chieftains worked against the incumbent governor. This ultimately gave victory to Al-makura, who defected to the Congress for Progressive Change,CPC, shortly after the primaries.

Like his contemporaries in some states, the first hundred days of Al-makura, would not be celebrated without distractions.

Almakura polled 324,823 votes as against Gov. Doma’s 320,938. The CPC governor also have to contend with the petition of PDP.

The defeated Doma has  filed a petition challenging the victory of the governor  Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, of CPC in the April 16 gubernatorial poll.

He is praying the elections tribunal to declare him as winner of the lawful votes cast.

Although some sources close to PDP leadership in the state, confided in Saturday Vanguard that Almakura enjoys the support of PDP elders in Nassarawa, the composition of the House of Assembly, appears to be a major threat to the new governor.

The governor, who until recently was a PDP member,   would battle with how to work with an Assembly that is predominantly PDP.

His party has only two seats in the Assembly while the PDP has 22. Besides, Tanko Al-Makura is the only governor on the platform of the CPC. That implies that he is walking alone, as he  may not enjoy the needed comradeship because of party affiliations.

In addition, CPC  becoming a leper especially in the southern part of Nigeria  may not be a plus to the governor in many ways.

In Ogun State, even though the emergence of Ibikunle Amosun is seen as the triumph of general will of the people, the various crisis in the state chapter of the PDP contributed to his emergence.But Amosun faces the challenge of working with a House of Assembly that has a combined majority of two opposition parties in the Accord and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Both Accord (8) and PDP (10) have a total of 18 seats to his ACN’s 14. But this challenge may ease off with the likelihood of a working alliance between ACN and Accord Party in the House.

In Kwara State,  Abdulfatah Ahmed would have the elder Dr Olusola Saraki to contend  with.

Though Ahmed had in his acceptance speech said,”More importantly, I wish to express my deep gratitude to our father, His Eminence, the Waziri of Ilorin, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki, whose victory this is. Oloye it was who has beaten the path and charted the course for us to follow. Indeed, without Oloye’s political legacy, we would not be celebrating this victory today.

Lastly, I thank the people of Kwara State for their abiding faith in our great party; I thank the Almighty Allah, the source of all power, who has decreed this,” pundits maintain that he would still contend with the senior Saraki.

As the beneficiary of the alleged feud. between father and son, the carryover of the mistrust would also define Ahmed’s administration in many ways.

Another challenge would be how to build on the achievement of outgoing governor, Dr Bukola Saraki. Given the fact that he would work with a House of Assembly that is dominated by the members of his party, Ahmed should not have any problems settling down. However, he must move fast to placate all frayed nerves and ensure that the whole state is carried along as one.