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Kano State Caucus of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the National Assembly on Thursday pledged unflinching support for the re-election of President Muhammad Buhari in the 2019 Presidential election.
The Kano Senators and members of the House of Representatives also dismissed reports on the allegations leveled against Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje over the bribery allegation, maintained that no amount of blackmail or sabotage would deter them from delivering five million votes for the duo in the 2019 general elections.
Senator Kabiru Gaya, leader of the caucus who gave the assurances at a press briefing at the Senate Press Corps, commended the exemplary leadership of the Governor as well as high profile projects completed over the past three and half years.
“We therefore make bold to say that the leadership of His Excellency, Dr. Ganduje has brought unprecedented socio-economic development to Kano State such as never experienced.
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“His foot prints boldly and clearly evident in Roads, education, health, Rural Development and Human Capital Development.
Little wonder, the unprecedented crowd that attended the Kano Rally where thousands of decampees were welcomed into the APC by the performing Governor. The magnitude of the crowd was a fitting testimony to the sterling performance of His Excellency, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje in office.
“The unmistakably glaring signal is that the people of Kano State have spoken with one voice in support of the Governor,s good works by coming out en-masse to identify with him. Unfortunately, this outstanding performance of the governor has not gone down well with the opposition who are busy trying every tricks in the books to
discredit and tarnish the image of this highly rated governor, apparently to slow him down and also distort electoral projections for the re-election of Dr. Ganduje and Mr. President having seen Kano as a fertile ground for the electoral success of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“The most unfortunate aspect is that certain roamers in the corridors of power who are more interested in their own personal ambition rather than the collective success of the Buhari Administration have keyed into this devilish scheme not only to undermine His Excellency, Dr. Ganduje but also to throw spanners into the electoral fortunes of Mr. President as far as Kano State politics is concerned.
“These roamers who also double as moles are empty vessels and bad belle politicians who played little or no role in the election of Mr President in Kano State before Mr President through his magnanimity brought them on board but are now capitalising on that privilege by trying to harm the interests of Mr President and the APC government
in Kano State . They are shameless masters in the art of promotion of selfish agenda over and above the collective intetest of APC and Mr President, through stealth deceit and treachery. We call on Mr President to be wary of these people.
“These moles must desist from their treacherous actions forthwith. They should be wise to understand that any evil scheme designed by the opposition and supported by them if allowed to foster will not only affect His Excellency, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje but Mr. President in the forthcoming elections.
“As major stakeholders in Kano State, we hereby state unequivocally that His Excellency, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has performed creditably well in the saddle of captainship of the State and has therefore earned our unalloyed support and vote of confidence.
“We hereby enjoin him not to be distracted by the agents of darkness but to keep up the good works he is doing in Kano State.
No amount of blackmail and subterfuge can obliterate the excellent work that his Excellency, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has done and is still doing in Kano State. All hands must therefore be on deck to support Governor Ganduje to win his re-election in 2019 in order to continue his good works in the state.
“Finally, we call on the opposition and their selfish collaborators in our government to desist from towing the devilish path of character assassination and outright falsehood and embrace issue- based campaigns as we approach the 2019 elections,” Gaya said.
On his part, Ado Doguwa, Chief Whip of the House of Representatives reiterated the support of National Assembly caucus for President Buhari and Governor Ganduje in the forthcoming general elections.
He informed that there were speculations that they had withdrawn support to the Governor and the President and insisted that they still stand with their pledge to deliver five million votes to the duo.
While noting that there is no opposition to APC in Kano State, Doguwa affirmed that 14 out of 24 members of the Caucus in the House are solidly behind President Buhari and Governor Ganduje in 2019 elections.
KEHINDE AKINTOLA, Abuja
