The Bauchi State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Thursday flagged off its gubernatorial campaign with a promise to positively change the present developmental narrative of the state.
The ceremony was witnessed by an unprecedented crowd of supporters from across the 20 LGAs of Bauchi State who gathered at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa memorial Stadium to witness the official flag off of the gubernatorial campaign of its candidate, Amb Saddique Baba Abubakar.
Prominent among the crowd was a former Governor of the State, Isa Yuguda, and his Deputy, Sagir Aminu Saleh, leading other important dignitaries to drum up support for the gubernatorial candidate and other candidates of the party.
Speaking at the occasion, National Chairman of the APC, Sen Abdullahi Adamu called on the people of Bauchi State to ensure that they voted for the APC and all its candidates in the 2023 general elections.
Abdullahi Adamu stressed that an APC Federal Government will continue the good work done by the present administration led by President Muhammadu Buhari pointing out that Nigeria will be better.
He called on the people of Bauchi State to ensure that they vote out the present PDP led administration which he said has failed to deliver dividends of democracy to the people.
The former Governor of the state, Isa Yuguda, described the PDP as a failed political party that destroyed Nigeria during its 16 years rule.
Though he served as Governor of Bauchi State under the umbrella of the PDP, Isa Yuguda berated the party for neglecting the aspirations of Nigerians for 16 years which APC is gradually repairing.
According to him, “for 16 years, PDP government could not complete the discovery of oil in Bauchi state. But now, within 8 years, APC administration has begun drilling of oil in the kolmani oil fields. We must vote for the APC all round.”
After receiving the flag to contest the 2023 gubernatorial election, the APC candidate, Amb Saddique Baba Abubakar declared that his administration will turn things around for the people of the state.
According to him,”Our administration will provide skills to our teeming youths, we will open skills acquisition centres across the state where the youths and women will be trained to be self-reliant and employers of labour. We will not give them goats.”
He also promised that the present narratives on health indicators is not acceptable promising that his administration will change it positively stressing that provision of quality healthcare service delivery is the key thing.
On education, he lamented the number of out of school children in the state saying that such is unacceptable and it must be tackled because according to him, sound education is cheaper than what is done presently.
The APC gubernatorial candidate concluded that the PDP has failed woefully and it must be removed in 2023 in order to have a better administration under the APC leadership.
According to him, “I urge you to vote for the APC and all its candidates including the presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima. We will enjoy patronage of Federal Government if we vote for the APC from top to bottom.”
The APC also received a large number of decampees from the PDP, NNPP and other political parties led by a former Deputy Governor of the state, Sagir Aminu Saleh.
