The Governor of Jigawa State, Malam Umar Namadi, on Saturday led leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to obtain over 66,000 defectors from opposition events into the ruling occasion at a rally held on the Dutse Stadium.
The occasion drew a big crowd from throughout the state.
Amongst these in attendance have been the APC Nationwide Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda; Governor of Yobe State and former APC Nationwide Chairman, Mai Mala Buni; Deputy Governors of Katsina and Sokoto States; Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Political Issues, Alhaji Ibrahim Masari; members of the Nationwide Meeting, and different stakeholders of the occasion.
Talking on behalf of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Buni counseled the turnout, saying it was “a mirrored image of public confidence within the Renewed Hope Agenda of the present administration.”
He assured the brand new members of equal remedy throughout the APC and reaffirmed the federal authorities’s dedication to bettering safety, infrastructure, and the financial system.
In his remarks, the APC Nationwide Chairman, Professor Yilwatda, welcomed the defectors and urged them to stay loyal and united beneath the occasion. He stated the large-scale defection “demonstrates the individuals’s rising belief within the APC-led governments each on the nationwide and state ranges.”
Governor Namadi stated the defectors got here from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), and the African Democratic Congress (ADC). He stated their determination to affix the APC was as a consequence of “the success and inclusiveness of our administration’s insurance policies.”
He pledged to maintain good governance and occasion unity, noting that the event was “a sworn statement to the individuals’s confidence in our collective imaginative and prescient for a greater Jigawa.”
The occasion ended with the presentation of APC membership flags to representatives of the brand new members, marking their formal integration into the occasion.
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