By Abdullah Zubayr, Abuja
Jigawa State Deputy Governor and Gubernatorial candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Umar Namadi has been tipped to win the governorship election holding on March 18.
The Chief Executive Officer of Emeralds Green-Label Insurance Brokers, Mallam Mikhail Abdulmalik while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday said Namadi’s antecedents and good public service record puts him ahead of others.
He said that he had known Namadi for over 20 years and that given what he knew about the chartered accountant turned politician, he may have been divinely prepared for the position he’s now contesting for in the State.
“Aside incumbency, many other factors are strongly in his favour in the current race to the Government House in Dutse,” Abdulmalik said
He noted that the APC governorship candidate was a disciplined and thorough-bred financial expert whose wealth of experience in both private and public service would add enormous value to his administration.
“And this is evident in the various positions he has occupied in the State from the Commissioner of Finance to Deputy Governor,” he said.
Abdulmalik, a chartered insurance broker explained that Namadi is an acknowledged humble man imbued with deep fear of God and with good human relation.
He added that the governorship hopeful parades impeccable academic credentials matched with morals, humility, thoroughness and sound leadership capacity.
According to Abdulmalik, another salient factor that would work in his favour is that since the creation of Jigawa State in 1991 and the subsequent birth of democracy in 1999, Namadi’s Senatorial district, Jigawa Northeast (Hadeija emirate) has never produced the State Governor whereas Jigawa North West (Gumel, Kazaure and Ringim Emirates) and Jigawa South West (Dutse Emirate) have occupied the exalted position.
“Now that his district has got the ticket to field Namadi, a consummate technocrat and silent philanthropist as flag bearer of the ruling APC that has also done so well in the State, I see him finding his way into the Government House with his impending victory at the polls come Saturday, March 18, 2023, God willing, he posited,” he said.
lt would be recalled that Namadi had promised in his manifestoes to ensure that resources of Jigawa State are judiciously, efficiently and prudently utilised.
He also promised to diversify the economy of the state to create job opportunities for the teeming youths.
Acknowledging that the State is agrarian, he also promised to prioritise agriculture, environment, healthcare, education as well as urban and rural infrastructure development.
He also intend to invest ICT in and innovation to put the state abreast of its peers.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
