Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state has kick-started his gubernatorial campaign in Doguwa/Tudun Wada federal constituency, where hundreds of thousands of members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) gave him a resounding reception at the campaign ground at Tudun Wada.
Impressed by the turn out, he expressed his satisfaction and showed how encouraging the turn out was, adding that, “This shows how satisfied you are with the way we are developing the state and how President Muhammadu Buhari is also developing the country.”
He urged people to always compare the state of the nation before 2015 and now, after President Buhari is captaining the ship, challenging that, “It is very clear for all, that President Buhari’s coming to power from 2015, saves Nigeria from collapsing.
That is why we are still saying, he alone, among all other presidential contestants for the 2019 Presidential election, has the capacity to further develop our fatherland, Nigeria. We should give him another chance to continue with what he started. We all believe that continuity is the answer.”
He commissioned a power project at Gada Biyu town, of Tudun Wada local government, that before now plunged the area in total darkness, with some other projects like bridge among others. The governor assured the people that his administration would continue to deliver the good work it has been doing.
For the citizens to reflect back to the good things done to the areas, the governor reminded them of the many developmental projects also executed by the local governments, other federal government’s intervention in the area and some other projects done by both federal and national legislators as part of their interventions for the development of their areas.
Ganduje urged people to come en mass during the forthcoming election and cast their votes for Buhari, reminding them that, “I urge you to always remember, we promised to give our President Muhammadu Buhari, about 5 million votes. We should try and get this through our full participation at election time.”
“The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is taking Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to Wards across the nation. I am calling on people to make sure that they go and collect their PVCs. It is only when we have our voters cards that we can be able to support the coming back of President Buhari for the second tenure,” Ganduje pleads.
Followers of Kwankwasiyya political group, 6,700 in number, within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) followers of the former governor Engineer Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, dump Kwankwaso group and joined the APC, courtesy governor Ganduje.
They described their joining of the ruling APC as timely and all-important. Assuring that, they would always work hard for the victory of the party at all levels.and are encouraged on what Buhari and Ganduje are doing for the development of the state and the country, in general, is open and clear for all to see.
After receiving a gift of a bag of rice, from Farmers Club under Sani Sarkin Noma, as a show of their appreciation on how Ganduje agricultural policies boost agriculture in the state, the governor commended Buhari for initiating a policy which abhors importation of rice to the country.
Nigerians, according to him, should first and foremost, commend Buhari for encouraging economic diversification largely through agriculture and other sectors of the economy.
“At the state level, we found it necessary to copy from the federal government’s initiatives. That was why we did our possible best to reinvigorate our fertiliser plant, that was abandoned for over two decades.
As I am making this speech here, our Kano Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO) is fully operational with unprecedented capacity. That we even take our fertiliser to other neighbouring states.
Fertiliser is no longer our problem in Kano now. We have since passed that stage, where you will see government distributing fertiliser to farmers. We have it in abundance and we take it to other states,” he explains.
Governor Ganduje urged traditional rulers of both Doguwa and Tudun Wada, to give their helping hand in seeing that peaceful election holds during the forthcoming elections. “As fathers of the land, yours should always be finding ways to encourage peace and tranquillity before, during and after elections.”
He made the call when he visited the District Heads of Doguwa and Tudun Wada at their respective palaces. He also urged them to inform their communities on the importance of collection of PVCs for the election ahead of them.
“Awareness creation campaign from the fathers of the land is necessary. So that full citizens participation in the election can be recorded as well,” Ganduje insists.