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  • Bagudu assures corps members of adequate security, welfare

    Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi has assured corps members deployed to the state for the one year mandatory national service of adequate security and welfare during their stay.

    Bagudu gave the assurance at the swearing in ceremony of the NYSC Batch C Stream 1 corps members at the Orientation Camp in Dakingari, Suru Local Government Area on Thursday.

    Bagudu who was represented by his Deputy, Alhaji Samaila Yombe said: “Kebbi State has been known for Peace, your safety here is well assured, already, various security agencies in the state have been directed to double their efforts towards giving maximum security to corps members.

    ” The state government on its part will continue to do every thing possible to see to your general welfare and wellbeing.”

    Bagudu said the NYSC had contribute immensely to the development of the state in the areas of education, health, environmental sanitation and other key sectors of the economy.

    He advised the corps members to distance themselves from unhealthy practices such as bigotry, cultism, corruption, violence and other social vices.

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    ”The orientation programme is specially designed to instill in you the right attitude and arm you with the leadership qualities required in our future leaders.

    “ With this in mind, you should distance yourself from unhealthy practices such as bigotry, cultism, corruption, violence and other social vices,” Bagudu said.

    The governor also urged them to respect the social and cultural beliefs of the community they are posted to serve.

    Earlier, the state Coordinator of NYSC, Mr Barde Usman , said that 2,350 corps members had registered for the three weeks orientation.

    Usman said that the corps members would undergo orientation on skills acquisition and entrepreneurship during the programme.

    He added that the aim was to make the corps members self reliant and employers of labour rather than job seekers at the end of the service year, as the county is facing daunting challenges especially in the areas of unemployment and security.

  • Dakingari, others defect to APC in Kebbi

    Dakingari, others defect to APC in Kebbi

    Former Kebbi State Governor Saidu Dakingari, his deputy, Ibrahim  Aliyu, led 267 thousand  members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to join the All Progressives Congress (APC) recently.

    Speaking when he formally received the defectors, Kebbi State APC Chairman Alhaji Attahiru Maccido said they did not give any condition to join the party.

    Maccido said they opted to join the ruling party because of leadership style of President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor. Atiku Bagudu, especially in the areas of security, agriculture and economic sectors.”

    He assured the defectors that they would be accorded equal opportunity and  that “the doors of the party are still open for others to join.” Speaking on behalf of the defectors, Dakingari said he and his followers have reflected over the matter in the past three years since he left power. He said: “I joined the APC not for gain but because of the efforts President Muhammadu Buhari and Atiku Bagudu have put in at the federal and state levels respectively, for progress, peace and unity of our people.

    “I call on all those I have offended to forgive me and I forgive those who offended me too.”

    Bagudu assured that the state would continue to move forward with the coming of new members into the party.

    He said: “Our state is blessed with  mineral resources, but improper coordination had been the stumbling block towards the exploitation of the resources over the years. With the cooperation we have now, we will achieve greatness. If we are truly committed to our aims and objectives of moving our state to greater heights.”

    The APC Northwest National Chairman, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, congratulated the defectors for their decision to join the party.

     

  • Dakingari, others defect to APC

    Dakingari, others defect to APC

    Former Kebbi State  Governor Sa’idu Usman Nasamu Dakingari and his deputy, Ibrahim Khalil Aliyu, have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

    They were received into the APC by Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu and the Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) at Birin-Kebbi, the state capital. .

    The deputy governor of Kebbi State, Col. Sama’ila Yombe Dabai (retd),  led top politicians and government officials to welcome the defectors.

    Bagudu said the defection has the blessing of President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that it has transformed Kebbi State into one big family.

    Malami said the state has now become  a model for other states in  the practice of politics without bitterness.

    Aliyu said their decision to join the APC was in response to the invitation by the governor to strengthen unity, peace and development of Kebbi State.

    Other defectors include  former members House of Representatives Hon. Sani Umar Kalgo, Hon. Halima Hassan Tukur, Hon. Abdullahi Dan Alkali, Former Commissioner of Works Alh. Abubakar Sadik Yelwa, Katukan Yauri, Alh. Zayyanu Sa’idu Maigishiri and Alh. Lauwali Na-Malam Dakingari.

    Others areHaruna Sarkin Kabin Jega, Hon. Umaru Abdullahi Yelwa, Former Chairman Kebbi State Independent Electoral Commission, Abubakar Idris Kukah, Shehu Magaji Fakai among others.

    The APC local government chairmen have endorsed President  Buhari for a second term.

  • Dakingari loses senatorial bid

    Dakingari loses senatorial bid

    Kebbi State Governor Saidu Dakingari was defeated in the senatorial election by the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bello Argungu, who polled 139,197 votes.

    Dakingari got 70,148 votes.

    Also, a member representing Kalgo/Bunza/Birnin Kebbi Federal Constituency on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sani Kalgo, lost to the APC candidate, Abdullahi Muslim, who polled 101,869. Kalgo got 24,382 votes.

    Another serving member representing Zuru/Fakai/Sakaba/Danko-Wasagu Federal Constituency, Abdullahi Dan’Alkali, a member of the PDP, lost to Aliyu Danladi of the APC.

    The Returning Officer, Abdullahi Kangiwa, declared Mr. Danladi winner with 66,261 votes, against Mr. Dan’Alkali’s 28,674.

    The result of the Kebbi South Senatorial Zone was still being collated.

    Bala Ibn Na’Allah of the APC was leading and is likely to defeat Sadiq Yalwa of the PDP.

     

     

     

  • Magoro, Ayuba battle Dakingari

    Magoro, Ayuba battle Dakingari

    THE desire of Governor Saidu Dakingari of Kebbi State to hand over to the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gen. Sarki Yakin Bello, seems to be hanging in the balance.

    This may not be unconnected to the stiff opposition of two retired army generals in the state, Muhammadu Magoro and Tanko Ayuba. While Magoro reportedly fell out with the governor for not backing his ambition to return to the Senate in 2015 on the platform of the PDP (he is now the APC candidate for Kebbi South), Ayuba is allegedly angry that the governor has failed to fulfill several promises to him after he (Ayuba) was not offered a return ticket to the Senate in 2011.

    The two retired generals, who have since defected to the APC, have now thrown their weight behind the party’s governorship candidate, Atiku Bagudu.

  • Dakingari preaches peace among politicians

    KEBBI State governor, Saidu Dakingari, has called on politicians and individuals seeking political positions across the state to ensure peace and harmony. He made the call at the commissioning ceremony of a 97-kilometer road in Kamba Dandi Local Government Area of the state. ‘’Elected officers should work for the electorate. They should attempt to leave a good legacy and have the fear of God by justifying the reasons the people voted for them.” Dakingari assured the people of the state that all the roads commissioned by his administration would be completed within one year, and promised to construct link roads from Kebbi State to Niger Republic and Benin Republic. Speaking earlier, the Hon. Commissioner of Works, Alhaji Bello Tuga, said the roads from Kamba-Dole Kaina, Makera-Kangiwa and Madamfara-lema-Yeldukare would be constructed at the cost of over N5billion. He said the roads would avail the farmers the opportunity to transport their farm produce from the rural areas to the city.