NAN-H-115
Empowerment
By Mohammed Lawal
Zaria (Kaduna State), Feb. 21, 2018 (NAN) A PDP chieftain in Zaria, Kaduna State, Dr Ja’afaru Sa’ad, on Wednesday cautioned the party against fielding candidates unacceptable to the wish of majority.
Sa’ad, who is also a traditional title holder of Galadiman Ruwanda Zazzau, gave the advice when PDP in Zaria Local Government formally presented him to the party’s Northern Senatorial District as a gubernatorial candidate.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alhaji Sama’ila Musa-Sarkin-Gandu, PDP Chairman, Zaria, formally presented the aspirant to PDP Zonal Chairman, Alhaji Ahmed Tsoho-Kargi.
The aspirant said: “We want a situation where the choice of the majority who has credibility emerges as candidates from councilorship to presidential seats.
“This will give the party credibility and it will make it stronger to reclaim its leadership position from bottom to top,” he said.
He, however, lauded the party for holding a peaceful and successful convention in 2017, describing it as free, fair and transparent.
Sa’ad advised PDP members to remain law abiding, united and focus their attention towards dethroning the incumbent APC at all levels.
The aspirant faulted the present leadership in Kaduna State over security issues, youth and women empowerment.
He said if elected, he would prioritise small scale businesses by empowering youths and women to become self-reliant.
“The essence of introducing small scale business is to ensure that the two important segments, being the largest in the society, are engaged.
“We want small businesses encouraged through youth and Women development, so that the categories of people could get loan with less difficulties.
“This will make them become self subsistence and later become employers of labour too. We don’t want people to solely rely on government for everything,” he noted.
In his address, the Zonal Chairman, Alhaji Ahmed Tsoho-Kargi, appreciated the aspirant for starting his political activities from ward level to local government and to zonal level.
He promised to give the aspirant the necessary support and cooperation to succeed.
Earlier, the PDP Chairman, Zaria local government, Alhaji Sama’ila Musa-Sarkin-Gandu members’ presence at the zonal office was to show loyalty.
“This is because PDP is a loyal, disciplined and patriotic party. I am here to present Dr Ja’afaru Sa’ad from Kaura ward who had already picked his membership at the ward level.(NAN)
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(Edited by Idris Abdulrahman)