Kano North senatorial district, senator-elect, Barau Jibril has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the next Senate to endorse Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso for any position that is meant for the North-west zone in the upper house.
Alhaji Barau
Jibrin, an Ex-house Committee Chairman on Appropriation (1999-2003) and
senator-elect, Kano North senatorial district, remarked that Dr. Kwankwaso’s
political profile is impressive and enough to be trusted with a greater
responsibility.
He said, “He (Kwankwaso) was a former Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives and two time governor of the most populous state in Nigeria. It is noteworthy that he came second in the presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which took place in Lagos late last year.”
“After he was defeated, he exhibited
the spirit of sportsmanship by coming out fully to support the party win the
presidential elections. I tell you confidently that he did all that was within
his powers to ensure that his party (APC) came to victory. He used all the
means that were available to him to make sure that the All Progressive Congress
(APC) emerged victorious in the state, in the Northwest region and in Nigeria
as a whole.”He said, “He (Kwankwaso) was a former Deputy Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives and two time governor of the most populous state in Nigeria. It is noteworthy that he came second in the presidential primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which took place in Lagos late last year.”
“The important thing to note in giving him this special mandate is that he, Dr. Kwankwaso, led his state to give his party’s presidential candidate, General Muhammadu Buhari the highest number of votes among the states of the Federation”
“We must not also forget that the Senator- elect championed the equivalent of a revolution in the state when he ensured that APC won all the twenty four (24) seats of the Federal House of Representatives and all the three (3) senatorial seats available, leaving the opposition party with zero trophy”
“So, we feel that by virtue of all what he has done and the fact he is an accomplished legislator and in order to further encourage the people of Kano State to continue to support the APC, we feel it will be good to allow him occupy any of the position meant for the region”
“And we do hope that by our calculation, the Majority Leader of the Senate would be zoned to the North- west and if that be the case, we have no other option of leadership than Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso”
“We have started work in earnest with some Senators elect to actualize this objective. The main idea is to continue to steam the party in this part of the country, to show appreciation to the people of Kano for what they did by massively voting for the All Progressive Congress (APC) during the presidential election”
Gentlemen, we are not in this for the sake of appreciation alone. This man is an accomplished person. He was a member of the Constitutional Conference during the Abacha era, he was a legislator par excellence as a deputy Speaker and he was a diplomat, appointed to Dafur and endowed with the mastery of ways of inter -group relationship”
“I and other Senators -elect have started working to ensure he emerges the Majority Leader- if the position is zoned to the North West. But if that position is not zoned to the sub- region, we are still determined to ensure that he is allowed to occupy any other post that is reserved for the region”
Source: #LeadershipNewspaper
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