Kaduna APC Governorship Ticket: Group  Seeks Successor From Zone One 

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Kaduna APC Governorship Ticket: Group  Seeks Successor From Zone One
Zainab Tanimu
Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria
A group under the auspices of Zone one, All Progressive Congress, APC concerned Stakeholders have called for inclusiveness and proper representation of their members from zone 1 in governance.
This call was made during a press conference held at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Secretariat on Monday, 21st, 2022.
According to the spokesperson of the group, Dr. Usman Ahmed Danbaba, Special Adviser to the Governor and twice APC returning Agent,  Zone 1 has been relegated to the background. They are pleading to Governor El-Rufai to avail them  the opportunity to field in their candidates in the forthcoming governorship race.
 In a text jointly signed by the group, they are demanding that a successor of the No.1 seat emerges from Zone 1.
They argued that their zone is the stronghold of the APC in the state, and yet is being neglected,  They have nothing to show for their commitments and loyalty. More so, they have well qualified candidates. He  said.
“It is known to everyone that our zone is the strongest for the APC in the State, our consistent performance are undoubtedly outstanding in all previous elections of 2015 and 2019 and the recent local government elections.
“Some of us here were State and Zonal party executives, returning agents of the party, former government officials and contestants, but most importantly, we are genuinely concerned about the future of the party and consolidating on the gains made by the administration of Mallam Nasir Ahmed Elrufa’i and the future of our great party, the APC.
“We believe that our views and stands on the FORTHCOMING party primary election of our great party should be listened to and respected. In particular, as it affects the choice of a predecessor to our leader, Mallam Nasir Ahmed El ,- Rufai.
After lengthy deliberations and consultations, on behalf of our people, we make bold to demand for the following on the choice of a successor to our leader,
The following criteria the group  demanded should be met with regards to choice of who succeeds governor El- Rufai.
Aside being educationally sound, the successor should be one who is fair and just. It said despite the qualified candidates in zone one, appointments are  concentrated on APC members in zone 2 and zone 3.
“For instance, the Senator, the 6 members of the House of Representatives, 11 out of the 12 State Assembly members, 7 out of the 8 council Chairpersons from the Zone are all from the APC, however, none of the Governor, Deputy Governor, the two Ministers, Party Chairman, Party Secretary, Women Leader, Youth Leader or the State representative at the national APC are from the Zone
“Competence, Character and Acceptability as Malam had demonstrated in the last 7 years, the next Governor of the State must be bold, well educated and charismatic enough to discuss matters related to the development of the State and articulate them, we need that to be sustained, we wouldn’t appreciate anything below tha
 He should also be one who will continue with Governor El-Rufai’s developmental projects. The group said.
“The unprecedented infrastructural and systematic reforms the State had witnessed recently must be sustained. We therefore need a candidate that is competent, team player and indeed familiar with policies and development agenda of the current administration of Mal NASIR.
“We believe that our views as presented above are in line with the aspirations of OUR leader, HE MAE and his team, as such we are in the same page.

 

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