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No fewer than seven aspirants have indicated interest to contest for the chairmanship of Hadejia local council in the forthcoming local government election in Jigawa State.
The State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) has fixed July 1 for the local councils’ election in the state.
Sequel to the development, campaign activities by candidates have gathered momentum in the 27 local council areas of the state.
A check, in Hadejia, on Wednesday, shows that the All Progressive Congress (APC) has six candidates while the PDP has one aspirant.
A retired teacher and a 2013 chairmanship aspirant, Alhaji Abdullahi Maikanti, has renewed his interest to contest on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), while Ahmad Yayari, an entrepreneur was also vying to clinch the party’s ticket.
A former deputy chairman of the council, Alhaji Abdullahi Mutawalle, anda retired civil servant, Muhammad Gayya, have both indicated their interests in the election on APC’s platform.
Also eyeing the council chair on the ticket of the APC was Ali Garga, a retired civil servant and Malam Hassan Shakara.
However, the PDP had endorsed Alhaji Suleiman Dawaki, a four-time deputy chairman of the council, as its flag-bearer for the council election.
It was gathered that the APC had constituted a committee to liaise with the aspirants with a view to come up with a consensus candidate.
The aspirants have already opened campaign offices, while their posters have adorned major streets in Hadejia and adjourning villages. (NAN)
