Hamza Ibrahim Usha, the state chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said on Thursday, September 27, that Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State had invested heavily in Bauchi people and should expect to reap the benefits of such investments in his quest to become president of Nigeria.

Speaking at the state PDP secretariat in Bauchi when Tambuwal and his presidential campaign team visited the state, Usha acknowledged the role played by Tambuwal in the emergence of Yakubu Dogara from Bauchi State as the current speaker of the House of Representatives and other forms of support to the state.

“When we were preparing for the least Bauchi Senatorial bye-election and we had no funds to run our campaign, Governor Tambuwal came to our rescues by sending us N10billion to assist us,” he recalled.

“Tambuwal has been good to us, not once or twice, and the people of Bauchi are ready to reward you for your investment in us. I assure you that come October 5th-6th, no vote from Bauchi delegates (to the PDP national convention) will go out of you,” the Bauchi PDP chairman said.

He said that at the convention, all Bauchi delegates would line up behind Dogara and other leaders like Bala Mohammed, a former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and Abdul Ningi, who were present at the meeting, to cast their votes for Tambuwal.

Earlier, the Sokoto state governor, while addressing a mammoth crowd of party members, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately operationalise the North-East Development Commission, NEDC, to accelerate development of critical infrastructure and social services to the people of the geo-political zone.

Tambuwal recalled that establishment of the NEDC was one of the initiatives by House of Representatives and his leadership and that of Dogara, the current speaker, to repair the damage caused to the North-East by the activities of insurgents.

He appealed to Bauchi delegates to support his presidential aspiration to enable him to provide the much needed inclusive and leadership to Nigerians.

“I have the legislative, judicial and executive experience, and I am well prepared for leadership.  I promise you that if elected, we shall not shut the doors of the Aso Rock Villa against you or anybody. We shall carry all Nigerians along irrespective of religion, ethnicity and culture,” Tambuwal said.

He assured that he would assemble the best brains in the country to provide workable solutions to the nation’s economy, insecurity and other challenges confronting Nigeria.

– Sept. 28, 2018 @ 16:05 GMT |