By Kelvin Abuja
Ahead of the Saturday’s governorship polls, Sen Uba Sani’s ambition to succeed outgoing Governor Nasir El Rufai got a massive boost when foremost northern sociocultural group, Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, (AYCF) Kaduna state chapter endorsed him .
A statement signed by Sagir Umar, the Kaduna State Chairman of AYCF noted that Sen Sani have performed better than other Gubernatorial contenders hence the endorsement.
The statement of endorsement from Umar states,
“as a forum, we have closely studied the various antecedents of the Kaduna State Governorship candidates and have concluded to pitch our tent with distinguish Senator Uba Sani of the APC. Our stand is not because he is just an APC candidate but based on the following findings by our organization:
“on the scale of performance as a representative of the people in the.red chambers he has broken record with some 32 bills of relevance to the economic and social wellbeing of his constituents.
“he is the best friend of the poor people in Kaduna because he has provided portable drinking water, improved low level of literacy by investing heavily in education.
Umar futher explained how the Senator has impacted lives in the state,
“he has helped the Small Scale businesses with capital to boost their entrepreneurship. He has trained persons in their thousands, to be self-employed, thereby creating a reservoir of millionaires, using the financial inclusion policy of the CBN
“he has lent support to victims of banditry and remains the only politician in the current dispensation to share special financial, feeding and material support to the survivors of these attacks. He has also provided vehicles for the vigilante services, to compliment the efforts of security agents in Kaduna State.
“he is still leading, in supporting the orphans, disabled, widows and other underprivileged persons with food, clothing and other forms of support.
The AYCF chairman further highlighted the role of the APC flag bearer in promoting religious and tribal harmony in the state,
” Sena Sani is also leading in supporting the promotion of religious scholarship and provision of alternative power sources like solar panels to Mosques and churches in Kaduna as well as boreholes in rural communities, running into hundreds of millions off naira.
“our findings also showed that Senator Uba Sani has been an apostle of politics without bitterness, building bridges across religious and ethnic boundaries, just like the typical broadminded Northern politician.
He concluded by saying that Uba Sani is well ahead of all his rivals in terms of caring for the welfare of the masses of our people as a person and officially as a lawmaker. He has demonstrated passion, timelessness in the service of poor people for many years.
In a similar development, AYCF says the National Chairman of Nigeria’s electoral body, Prof Mahmud Yakubu have been able to conduct a free, fair and credible elections during the Presidential and legislative elections that held last on February 25.
Sagir Umar, Chairman of AYCF Kaduna state noted that though there were challenges, the INEC boss conducted credible polls, hi nonetheless .
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