Kano stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Kano State, on Thursday converged in Abuja for a strategy development meeting on how to take the state back from the New Nigeria Peoples Party NNPP).
Some of those at the meeting included the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin; a former Governor of the state and immediate-past National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje; former governor and Senator, Kabiru Gaya; Senator Abdulrahman Kawu Ismaila; Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abba Bichi; Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Hon. Abdullahi Yusuf Ata; Senator Basheer Lado; State Chairman of the party, Abdullahi Abbas, Commander Murtala, Ibrahim Zakari, Hon. Alhassan Kabiru, Shaban Ibrahim Sharda, Musa Ilyasu Kwankwaso and Abdulaziz Abdulaziz.
After the meeting, Ganduje said critical APC stakeholders from Kano State decided to meet and “examine the state of the party and to assure Mr President that we in APC in Kano are solely behind him”
He also said APC in Kano remained intact and has continued to witness several defections of high-profile politicians from other parties.
He said, “we appreciate his policy reforms and the good work he is doing for the country, for Kano and the appointments he has given to the people of Kano.
“You are all aware of what happened in the last election. We were about to win, but we didn’t win again. Since then, our party has remained intact, and thanks to the policies of the President, we have been able to attract high-profile figures from other parties. We have a serving Senator, Ismaila Kawu, serving members of the House of Representatives, a former speaker of the Kano State Assembly, and former state lawmakers. We have many members of the State Assembly who have joined our party. We have commissioners and the Secretary to the State Government SSG, who left the NNPP government and party to join our party.
“We have resolved to continue to work very hard to ensure that we succeed in the next gubernatorial election in Kano State.
“We are here to strategize and see how we can encourage our people to go and register in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration CVR. So far, we are doing very well. Our members will register and during the election, we will come out in large numbers so that we can win the election. We assure you that our party is solid in Kano State and will continue to be so.”
