216 PDP, NNPP Members Defect To APC In Jigawa

No fewer than 216 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the New Nigeria Folks’s Party (NNPP) have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gagarawa native authorities space of Jigawa State.

The defectors had been formally obtained into the APC throughout a “Residents and Authorities Engagement Discussion board” held on the native authorities headquarters. The occasion was attended by the state governor, Malam Umar Namadi, and different prime authorities officers.

On the event, Governor Namadi defined that the discussion board was established to permit the citizens to listen to concerning the authorities’s achievements over the previous two years and its plans. It additionally permits residents to voice their calls for and challenges for immediate authorities intervention.

Governor Namadi emphasised that the discussion board is open to all Jigawa residents, no matter political affiliation, and that his administration is all the time able to take heed to real complaints and constructive criticism.

He reiterated his authorities’s dedication to implementing tasks and programmes to enhance individuals’s lives and guarantee a affluent and nice Jigawa State.

Through the occasion, six commissioners from numerous ministries introduced a listing of tasks executed within the space below Governor Namadi’s administration.

These included highway building, empowerment programmes, renovation and completion of well being services, such because the Gagarawa Basic Hospital, which is now prepared for commissioning.

Additionally, employment alternatives, scholarships, classroom building and renovation, ladies’s empowerment, and welfare initiatives are executed within the space, amongst different issues.

Talking on behalf of the defectors, Malam Habibu Dangodo handed over their membership listing to the Jigawa State APC chairman, Hon. Aminu Sani Gumel.

Dangodo defined that their determination to affix the APC was impressed by Governor Namadi’s purposeful and visionary management, which has renewed hope for a greater life full of alternatives and prosperity.

“Governor Namadi’s management has satisfied us that the APC actually means nicely for Gagarawa native authorities and Jigawa State. We felt it mandatory to affix arms in constructing a contemporary, affluent, and better Jigawa,” Dangodo said.



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