2007: I’m not bothered about ‘spare tyre’ tag for vice-presidents – Kwankwaso

Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, says he is not bothered about the treatment of vice-presidents as ‘spare tyres’ by their principals.
Kwankwaso, who spoke at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Personality Interview Series on Sunday in Abuja, said he had explicit confidence in the NDC presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi and that he would keep to the understanding between them.
According to him, the role of a vice-president depends on the kind of principal he or she works with.
He said he was confident that the proposed Obi-Kwankwaso administration would operate on the principles of cooperation and effective delegation of respo...