Katsina State Governor, Dr Dikko Radda, has assured President Bola Tinubu that his administration would work assiduously to ensure his re-election come 2027 poll.

Governor Radda stated this Saturday evening during the inauguration of the Tinubu/Dikko Campaign Council held at the newly- completed secretariat of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state.

He said his administration was committed to delivering overwhelming support for the president’s re-election, adding that the stand was based on decades-long cordial relationship between the state and Tinubu.

He explained that Tinubu had always had longstsnding commitment to state’s development and poltical growth, particulary through key federal appointments and developmental support.

Radda also said the president had maintained close ties with prominent persons from the state long before assuming office as the nation’s Number One citizen.

He identified the late former president, Muhammadu Buhari, and the late General Shehu Musa Yar’Adua, as a few of the prominent figures Tinubu had had decades of cordial relations with.

The governor said Tinubu’s support for late General Yar’Adua during the Social Democratic Party (SDP) period, and his enduring political alliance with ex-president Buhari, have provided people in the state every reason to support the president’s bid for another term in office.

He, therefore, called on party leaders and supporters to intensify grassroots mobilisation by securing maximum votes at the polling-unit level for the president, adding that victory in the presidential and National Assembly (NASS) elections would provide the momentum for success in the governorship and State Assembly contests.

He also called on APC members to go to the nooks and crannies of the state to campaign for the party, adding that both federal and state governments have recorded achievements worthy of public support.

He further called on political appointees, particularly those serving at the federal level, to remain responsive to the needs of the people.

Speaking, the state Director General of the Tinubu/Dikko 2027 Campaign Council, Arch. Ahmed Dangiwa, said he and other members of the committee would work closely to ensure candidates of the party emerge victorious during the coming elections.

Dangiwa, who expressed confidence in the state garnering high number of votes for the ruling APC next year, recalled that Katsina came third in the country after Lagos and Kano, in voting massively for the APC during the 2023 general elections.

He said as the state APC campaign DG during the last general elections, he hopes to replicate the same outing by working with members of the council, to sell the APC and its candidates to residents in the state’s 34 council areas.

He further said the council was aware of grievances among some members of the party who were unable to secure tickets for various positions they had contested for during the party’s primaries.

He said the council would sit with these category of members for reconciliation proposes, adding that such step would ensure the a untied front for the APC ahead of the coming elections.

The event, attended by elected and key members of the party, saw several of them assuring to work at their wards, communities and council areas, to ensure victory at the polls for APC candidates at both state and federal levels.