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By S. Adamu, Sokoto
The ruling All Progressives Congress National Chairman and former Kano state Governor Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje at the weekend said the party is putting its arts together for a landslide victory to retain Kogi state during the governorship election.
Kogi state is among the few states billed for INEC’s staggered governorship polls.
Others on the roll for similar elections exercise include Edo, Bayels, Imo, Ondo and Ekiti states .
The immediate past Kano state governor stated in Sokoto while speaking to newsmen.
Ganduje said APC was fast tracking and doing everything humanly possible and legitimate to retain the state .
According to him” Kogi state is key and part of the progressives movement which we have held sway before now, therefore, winning the state will not be difficult for APC”, he pointed out.
Ganduje who has a record breaking history for governing Kano state the largest commercial hub in the north for 8 years as his predecessor, former governor Senator Ibrahim Shekarau noted that ” governor Yahaya Bello is in charge of Kogi state and going by his person and the roll of his achievements , APC is good to go.”
In the same vein while shifting to attention the remarkable achievements of Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto state within 100 days of assumption into office, the APC National Chairman excitingly described his strides as unprecedented and record breaking.
Ganduje further noted with passion that Dr. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto was a very young, promising and ever ready for the job his was given the mandate to deliver for the good people of Sokoto state.
He noted that the strides and landmark achievements were a testimony which symbolises a departure from immediate past government abysmal performance for an excellent performance to place the state on the path of its lost glory.
” I am impressed with what I saw of the roll of physical achievements by Governor Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto.
” I foresaw that from the on set when he was declared governor-elect. He immediately swung into action with a purposeful work plan to deliver his campaign promises to the people of the state which we are beginning to see happening.
” I was joyous when I witnessed the distribution of palliatives to flood victims”, he said.
Ganduje who commissioned a newly constructed road said ” it is also part of the tangible achievements of Dr. Aliyu Sokoto among several others lined up to be commissioned to mark his 100 days in office.”
