FROM SAMSON ALFA, Minna
Niger State Governor, Umar Bago has been urged to ensure sustenance of democracy by exhibiting fairness and justice to all political parties participating in the forthcoming local councils election.
Chairmanship candidate of Mokwa Local Government Area, Usman Alhaji Gimba on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stated this in a chat with journalists yesterday in the state capital, Minna.
He said as the governor of the state, all eyes are on him to ensure justice and fairness to everyone irrespective of political differences, adding that the forthcoming local government election will judge how fair is to Nigerlites.
“What I am saying is that the governor should not interfere with the forthcoming local government election by declaring only the ruling political party as winner, that is not democracy and this can be done when votes are truly counted, “Gimba re-emphasised.
Also speaking, another party member, Alhaji Usman, a former Councillor and retired Air Force officer, pointed out that his ambition to contest the Chairmanship position is to bring back the lost glory of Mokwa local government in terms of development and improvement in commercial activities.
“Mokwa was a commercial center of both North and South where travellers from every part of the country stop over to rest and good food dishes. My intention is to revive it to boost more revenue to the council”, he said.
On the recent crisis involving the National Assembly member representing Lavun, Edati and Mokwa Federal Constituency, Hon Joshua Gana, Usman expressed his disappointment over the attitude of some politicians which exaggerated what transpired when the lawmaker paid a Sallah homage.
“For us in PDP, we are lucky to have a person like Joshua, who have proved to us that he is an outstanding politician and whose performance cannot be compared to the previous representatives of our constituency in the National Assembly”.
“Those making noise against Joshua are ignorant about his performance. There are many projects on the ground to see, like construction of primary schools, motorised boreholes, electrification projects and others to mention a few”, he said.
Alh Usman however, advised Nigerians to rally round PDP to bring back the lost glory of the nation, for stability in economic growth and development of the country.
