Kebbi’s empowerment: 1,125 APC delegates get N135m
Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi
Kebbi’s empowerment: 1,125 APC delegates get N135m
Gov. Nasir Idris of Kebbi has distributed N135 million to 1,125 All Progressives Congress (APC) ward delegates from the state’s 21 local government areas.
While distributing the money in Birnin Kebbi on Tuesday, Idris assured the delegates that his government would sustain their empowerment.
“We have fulfilled 70 percent of the promises made to the people during our electioneering campaign.
“We thank the delegates for their support of us throughout the process of the 2023 general elections.
“We have transformed Birnin Kebbi into a dignified and glorified capital befitting a state in modern times,” he said.
The governor reiterated his administration’s commitment to promoting workers and peoples’ welfare and infrastructural development in the state.
“We have invested hugely in education, especially payment of school fees and tuition fees, renovation of schools, provision of instructional materials, furniture and deserving feeding to our pupils and students in our schools, among others,” he said.
Idris thanked members of the state executive council, members of the state assembly, APC elders, and party officials.
Earlier, the state APC Chairman, Alhaji Muhammad Kana-Zuru, said that the meeting was a response to the governor’s request to meet the delegates and thank them for the honour they bestowed on him during the 2023 general elections.
Kana-Zuru also informed them that the governor expressed his confidence in them and assured him they would remain the party’s delegates until 2027.
“Some of the delegates have been appointed by the governor, which the current Secretary to State Government (SSG), Alhaji Yakubu Bala-Tafida, is part of.
“We thank you, the delegates, for your efforts and unflinching support throughout the 2023 electioneering campaign and election processes,” he said.
The APC chairman announced the governor’s N135 million gift to the delegates, saying that each would receive N120,000.
Speaking on behalf of the delegates, Malam Muhammad Dan-Sadi thanked the governor for the meeting and assured him of retaining them until the 2027 electioneering process.
“The governor remains our political pillar, rescuer, and savior; we will not disappoint you; we assure you that you remain our undisputable leader of the party in the state,” he said.
For his part, Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Alhaji Muhammad Usman-Zuru, urged the delegates to sustain their support and pray for the governor’s success in his quest to take the state to greater heights.
Also speaking, a former governor of the state, Alhaji Saidu Dakingari, commended the governor for justifying the confidence reposed in him and fulfilling his campaign promises within two years of his leadership.
“We are closely following and monitoring the campaign promises made, and the governor shall fulfill all before he leaves office in the state.
“We are also determined to bring more defectors from other opposition parties in the state,” Dakingari, Director-General of the 2023 APC Campaign Mobilisation, said.
