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From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
Governor Uba Sani has said his leadership style had attracted defectors from the opposition parties to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He said this at the weekend when Senator Sunday Katung representing Southern Kaduna, and three other legislators defected to the APC during a mega rally. Other lawmakers, who defected, include Dan Amos, a House of Representatives member for Jema’a/Sanga Federal Constituency; Ali Kalat, State Assembly member from Jema’a Constituency and Yusuf Mugu, a House of Assembly member from Kaura Constituency.
With the latest defections, Southern Kaduna, which used to be a political enclave of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) since 1999, has transformed into an APC haven, as all elected members are now in the ruling party.
The Governor recalled that the opposition had 12 members in the House of Representatives as of May 29, 2023, while the ruling party had just four legislators in the lower legislative chamber of the National Assembly.
“What is happening today clearly demonstrates the kind of government we have been running in our state. When we came on board, precisely on May 29, 2023, we made it clear to everyone that we took a solemn oath to be fair to all, to run an inclusive government and to ensure that we treat everyone equitably, irrespective of political, religious or ethnic affiliations. We also made it clear to everyone that whether you voted for us or not, we will take development to every part of Kaduna State.
“But in the last two and a half years, 10 of the House of Representatives members have defected from the opposition parties to APC. PDP had 12 members in the state House of Assembly but today, seven have defected to APC. That is a sign that we are running an inclusive government. Kaduna State is now one big happy family under the canopy of APC. I am also calling on those who are yet to come on board to cross over to our party. I am happy to say that there is no local government in Kaduna State that is not benefiting from our transformation efforts, in terms of infrastructural development, improved healthcare, revamping education and agriculture,” he said.
He lamented that when his administration came on board, “12 out of 23 local governments in Kaduna State had not benefited from even a one-kilometre road project in 12 years. Today, the story has changed.”
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“For instance, in Zangon Kataf Local Government, we are constructing a 22-kilometre asphaltic road from Madauchi to Kafanchan which is almost completed. By the grace of God, in the next two to three months, that road will be completed. From Sanga to Jema’a Local Government, from Gwantu to Godogodo, linking Jema’a to Sanga Local Government, we are also constructing 24 kilometres of asphalt road which is 70 percent completed,” he added.
According to the Governor, his administration is “linking Kauru Local Government with Kubau Local Government with about 28 kilometres of ongoing asphaltic road. We are going to commission it soon.
“We have done a lot of township roads in Jaba Local Government, a local government that had not witnessed even a two-kilometre road in 12 years. We have also constructed a lot of township roads in Kagarko Local Government,” he added.
Governor Uba Sani, who thanked President Bola Tinubu for citing the Federal University of Applied Sciences at Kachia, disclosed that “we are constructing an asphaltic road that links Kachia to the University.”
Speaking at the mega rally, the Chief of Staff to the President, Chief Femi Gbajabiamila, who represented President Tinubu, said that the reforms have positively touched everyone not just in Southern Kaduna or Kaduna State, but in the entire country, adding that the best is yet to come.
The Chief of Staff said that he personally knows the defecting lawmakers, describing them as formidable PDP members who have now joined the party that will lead their constituents to salvation.
He commended Governor Uba Sani for achieving so much in two and a half years, with the direction of President Tinubu, adding that “thank you for containing terror in the state, thank you for your giant steps in development.”
In his remarks, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, commended the defection of the lawmakers.
