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  • Party strength depends on crisis resolution – APC chieftain

    Alhaji Sani Sha’aban, APC gubernatorial aspirant in Kaduna State, says the strength of any political party depends on its mechanism for resolving internal crisis.

    Sha’aban, an ex-member of the House of Representatives, stated this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria, Kaduna State.

    He said that crisis in a political party was an ingredient of democracy, adding that politics was all about solving crisis.

    “Therefore, crisis in political parties is normal but it all depends on how best a party resolves such crisis,” he said.

    Sha’aban, however, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing Chief Bola Tinubu to chair the reconciliation committee.

    “Chief Bola Ahmed Tinubu is capable and suitable for the post. I am confident that he will definitely deliver the goods successfully.”

    On his political ambition, Sha’aban said his politics always incline toward the masses, identifying their needs and devising measures to address such problems.

    “I am among the founding fathers of the ruling party, APC. As far as I am concerned, it is where we started, where we stopped and where we shall continue.

    “There are of course a lot of agitations, people are saying that I should come out and contest, and we have been getting ourselves ready.

    “I belong to the masses and my politics is for the masses; where they go is where I belong,” he assured.

    On the 43rd anniversary of Emir of Zazzau, Dr Shehu Idris, which was celebrated recently, Sha’aban said the Emir’s reign was a blessing not only to Zazzau Emirate but Kaduna State and Nigeria at large.

    “These 43 years are years of blessing to the people of Nigeria. Remember how many primary schools, secondary schools and tertiary institutions we have before the emir was turbaned?

    “Now, how many schools do we have? Apart from that, how many institutes do we have presently in Zazzau emirate? All these achievements were witnessed under His Royal Highness, Dr Shehu Idris.

    “Talk about business, Zaria is famous especially with establishment of different industries, all these are possible as a result of good leadership from the emir who always promote peace among the people,” he said.

     

  • Gov. El-Rufai worries over rising security challenges in Northern region

    Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State has described insecurity in the northern region as a major challenge that require the involvement of the region’s leaders for solution.

    He said this on Tuesday while receiving an entourage of the Zamfara Council of Chiefs on a courtesy call in his office.

    The delegation was led by its Chairman, the Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad.

    El-Rufai described the prevailing insecurity in the region as a menace that required a combined effort to solve with active involvement of traditional rulers.

    The Kaduna governor also called on journalists to continue to be objective and ethical in their reportage of events in the region, as well as shun reports that fan the embers of hate in the country.

    Ahmad who led the delegation had in an address lamented over incessant cases of kidnappings, cattle rustling, banditry among others in Zamfara and the entire northern region.

    He said there was need to re-strategise security agencies’ efforts toward fighting the menace.

    The Emir appealed to the governor to fully involve royal fathers in the security council of the state to curtail the menace.

    He said their convergence on Kaduna was for a conference aimed at finding lasting solution to the security threat bedeviling the entire region and pleaded for support from northern governors.

     

  • Former Kaduna State governor Mouktar Muhammed is dead

    A former governor of Kaduna State, Mouktar Muhammed, is dead.

    The late Muhammed who was a retired air vice marshal, died Sunday evening, according to a Facebook announcement by his younger brother, Faruk Dalhatu.

    Mr. Muhammed reportedly died in a London hospital.

    Mr. Dalhatu, who described the deceased as “patriarch of the Dalhatu family” gave the cause of his death as cancer.

    The retired military officer was the first governor of Kaduna State after its creation in 1977 by the military administration of Olusegun Obasanjo.

    He had earlier served as the Minister of Housing, Urban Development and Environment from 1976 to 1977, following the coup that brought Murtala Mohammed to power, in which he played a role.

    In 2002, he spearheaded activities of The Buhari Organisation, TBO, a political group that championed the aspiration of Mr. Buhari to become Nigeria’s civilian president.

    He was, last year, named as chairman of the governing council of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria and untill his death, he was chairman of Kano-based Freedom Radio.