By David Christopher, Lafia
Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has appealed to his kinsmen, the Mada ethnic extraction in Akwanga Local Government Area on the need to vote for President Ahmed Bola Tinubu come 2027.
Governor Sule made the appeal when he hosted officials and members of the Mada South Unity Forum ,MASUF, at his country home in Gudi on Saturday.
According to the Governor, he had found it difficult to project people of the area mostly because it is on record that they voted against President Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress ,APC, during the 2023 general elections.
On the challenges he continued to face as a result of the failure of the people of Akwanga to vote President Tinubu during the last general election, the Governor said the 2027 general election presents a golden opportunity for the Mada people to retrace their steps and to join the mainstream politics by massively voting for the reelection of President Tinubu.
The governor urged his kinsmen to vote for President Tinubu in 2027 so that he could have a bargaining chip even though he may not still be in office as the governor.
“I want to say even if I am not on seat as a governor, I want to be able to say, our people in Akwanga have voted for you, Mr. President. That is what I am looking forward from you”,he said.
Earlier, in a mission statement, the President of the Mada South Unity Forum ,MASUF, Prof. Bitrus Wokhe Tukura, said members of the forum visited Governor Sule purposefully to appreciate him about the tremendous developmental projects has been putting in place not only in Akwanga LGA but to entire nooks and crannies of the state.
“The construction and tarring of some township roads within Akwanga are worthy of note. Your Excellency, it will be a gross oversight not to mention the underpass within the metropolis. It does not only reduced traffic congestion but it has added beauty to Akwanga metropolis.
“Your pragmatic leadership style has also resulted to ongoing construction of the bypass from the Mada Community Secondary School to link up with Keffi-Abuja highway to decongest traffic in Akwanga town. This will no doubt attract development in the outskirts of Akwanga. Buku-Kembre-Andaha will certainly ease transportation thereby boosting socio-economic in those areas, the group stated.
MASUF equally appreciated the Governor for identifying and appointing four of their sons into his administration.
Also speaking, former national assembly member, Senator Philip Gyunka, confirmed that the Mada South people voted not only against the President but also against the APC and against Governor Sule.
Senator Gyunka, who recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, to the APC, described himself as a repented sheep who has been forgiven by the Governor.
