Governor Uba Sani is delighted because the All Progressives Congress, APC, has attracted extra members, with the defection of 4 Kaduna State Home of Meeting lawmakers and 5 Home of Representatives members, together with thousand of their supporters, at a meg rally held on Saturday.
With the newest defections, APC now has 13 legislators from Kaduna State on the Home of Representatives, leaving PDP with three.
Additionally, there are actually 26 APC members within the Home of Meeting as in opposition to eight PDP members.
The mega rally, which held at Murtala Sq. in Kaduna, was attended by APC Nationwide Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, Speaker of the Home of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas and Minister of Surroundings, Alhaji Balarabe Abbas Lawal, in addition to the Chairman of North West Growth Fee, Alhaji Lawal Samaila Yakawada and several other 1000’s of APC supporters.
Talking on the occasion, Governor Uba assured the decampees that APC is one household which doesn’t discriminate in opposition to its members, including that ‘’those who have joined our get together immediately and people which have been with us because the creation of this get together can have the identical privilege.’’
‘’What’s extra vital is your capability to achieve out to the grassroots, to hold everybody alongside, notably the individuals of the constituency who elected you, who gave you the chance to current them,’’ he added.
The Governor recalled that APC had solely 4 members of Home of Representatives in 2023 however the get together now has 14 members on the decrease legislative chamber.
‘’Right this moment in Kaduna, we don’t have any opposition, I promised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu some months in the past that, we have been wanting on the 80 per cent of the votes. However immediately, I’ve shifted my floor; about 95 p.c of the overall votes in Kaduna State will to go to APC in 2027,’’ he mentioned.
In line with him, the inflow of elected members into APC in Kaduna State isn’t rocket science however primarily based on his administration’s deal with justice, equity, and inclusivity.
‘’Our state is essentially the most various in Nigeria. After we got here in, we made positive that we use our range as our energy. That’s the reason immediately, we have now not skilled one single ethno-religious disaster in Kaduna State. It’s unprecedented.
‘’We’re working as one household. We imagine politics is about unity. It’s about working for the pursuits of the individuals. Poverty has no respect for faith. Poverty has no respect for ethnicity. Poverty has no respect for political affiliation. We’ve got to work as one household. Our curiosity is our state,’’ he added.
The Governor identified that Kaduna State has 23 native governments and he has unfold growth throughout the three geopolitical zones.
Talking on the ceremony, Professor Nentawe described APC as “the promised land” for Nigerian politicians, including, that the duo of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani deserve a second time period owing to their achievements.
Home of Representatives Speaker Tajudeen Abbas, famous that the APC has achieved political dominance in Kaduna State, a feat that no get together had ever attained within the state.
“Right this moment, whether or not in Zone 1, Zone 2, or Zone 3 APC is the get together to beat,” he declared to the mammoth crowd, including that “we’ve by no means been this robust earlier than.”
Honourable Husseini Jalo, who spoke on behalf of the decampees, thanked Governor Sani and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for offering good management within the nation and the state respectively.
In line with him, Kaduna State is now a one get together state and that each the President and Governor Uba Sani will likely be re-elected for the second time.
The federal legislators who, defected from PDP to APC are Hon Sadiq Ango, who represents Sabon Gari federal constituency, Hon Andulkarim Husseini Ahmad(Kaduna South), Hon Aliyu Mustapha Abdullahi(Ikara/Kubau) and Hussaini Jalo(Igabi).
Equally, different notable defectors are ex Senator Danjuma Lah (PDP), former Senator Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi (NNPP), and ex Senator Shehu Sani (PDP) in addition to former Governor Muktar Ramalan Yero, together with Hon Saidu Adamu, the State Secretary of PDP.
