Use Your Votes To Reject Non-Performing Politicians, Namadi Charges Jigawa Residents

By Mohammed Abubakar Dutse

As the countdown to the 2027 elections begins, the Jigawa state governor Umar Namadi has charged indigenes and residents of the state to reject non- performing elected office holders whose services they were not satisfied with.

The governor made the assertion during the yearly durbar to mark this year’s Eid Fitr celebrations in Dutse the state capitol on Saturday.

To ensure that the people effectively take their destinies in their hands he advised them to ensure that they should register and get their permanent voter’s card, (PVC) which he described as their weapons to get rid of politicians whose representation they were not satisfied with.

The governor described the 2027 election as the defining moment for Nigerian democracy urged the people to be vigilant so as to ensure that they cast their votes for only individuals who can represent them adequately at whatever level of government.

According to him, the time when Nigerians should be able to question their leaders and demand accountability from them stressing that, that was the only way the people could get the dividends of democracy.

To demonstrate his seriousness the governor people that even if they thought he was not doing well as their leader of state they were free to vote him out .

The durbar which was attended by the array of dignitaries was marked with splendour and a display of horse riding. Highlights of the occasion included the paying of homage to the Emir of Dutse, Hamim Nuhu Muhammad Sanusi by members of the Emirate Council.

The governor who delivered President Bola Ahmed Tinubu,’s message said the president was concerned about the rising cost of living occasioned by the increase in pump prices on f fuel as a result of the ongoing crisis in the Middle East.

He described the development as a temporary phase which would soon be over assuring that the government was doing everything possible to possible to ensure that citizens do not suffer the repercussions for a long time.

The governor also acknowledged the slump in the market of farm products as well as as high cost of farming inputs, a situation that has discouraged farmers in the state from engaging in farming.

According to him, the state government was aware of what the farmers in the state are passing the through and “You can be rest assured that we as a government are doing everything possible to mitigate the problem and come out with the solution beginning from this year’s dry season farming.

” I therefore, encourage our farmers across state to endeavor to go back to the farm as it is the mainstay of our economy.”