The governor we want in 2023, by Southern Kaduna Christians

PDP, PRP, ADC candidates pledge good governance

Southern Kaduna Christian Leaders Association (SKCLA) has called on Kaduna citizens to support only the governorship candidate that will eradicate corruption, insecurity and govern the state with the fear of God.

The Christian leaders have also fixed January 14, 2023, as the date to direct Christendom regarding the forthcoming governorship elections in the Kaduna.
Chairman of SKCLA, Emmanuel Kure, disclosed this during a parley between the association and gubernatorial candidates in the state, as well as a prayer session in Kafanchan.

Highlighting some of the conditions that will determine the voting direction of Christians in the state, Kure said: “The fear of God is a cardinal condition that a gubernatorial candidate must possess to attract the support of the association during the election. The candidate must equally have a fair understanding of governance, both locally and internationally, to be able to meaningfully develop, not only Southern Kaduna, but the entire state.

“For a gubernatorial candidate of the state to enjoy the support of the people, he must also indicate significant interest to fight corruption,” which he described as the bane of development in the state.

On the crisis bedevilling the state, Kure said, “enough is enough of the unhealthy development,” urging genuine reconciliation among the people in the northern and southern parts of the state.

In his presentation, the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC), Sen. Caleb Zagi, said his administration, if voted into power, would focus on a nine-point agenda, including unity, security, health, agriculture and industrialisation, education, tourism, accountability and sports.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Isah Ashiru, pledged to concentrate on a five-point agenda containing skill-based education and functional health system, assuring the citizens a sense of belonging through equitable distribution of dividends of democracy.

Ashiru added that if voted into office, he would want to be remembered for a human face in his dealings with civil servants and the traditional institution.
On his part, Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) candidate, Hayatudeen Makarfi, lamented that the future of the younger generation had been mortgaged by the hike in fees in tertiary institutions in Kaduna, and unveiled plans to create wealth through Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Meanwhile, former governor of Kaduna, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi, charged the candidates to set aside selfishness and reverse the current trend in the country’s politics for the common good.
Makarfi, who spoke on the sidelines of the parley, added that Nigeria needed a government of unity, calling for a common agenda among the various contenders to enable them overcome the myriad challenges in the state.

He lamented that the opposition was fragmented, and said they should close ranks and be formidable to be able to unseat the present administration in the 2023 ballot.