Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has advised the opposition to reach out to people directly through campaign rallies rather than reacting to what the All Progressives Congress (APC) posts on social media.
The governor who made this point in an interview with TVC a Lagos-based television station on Sunday night added ‘If you are campaigning to win elections you have to go out and meet with the people.’
According to him ‘The only party that I see reaching out through town hall meetings other than our party is probably APM. I’m surprised. I have seen them going round. But you cannot say the same with ADC and NDC.’
‘Are they reaching out to the public particularly the downtrodden? The answer is no. Have they come out with any campaign strategy? The answer is no. You can’t run a campaign by reacting to what another party is doing. Go and do your own campaign’ he advised.
The Governor noted that instead of canvassing for the people’s support the opposition is using digital technology such as Artificial Intelligence doctoring pictures and posting on social media to disparage APC.
He expressed optimism that the ruling APC is doing very well because ‘we are the only party that is reaching out talking to the people. So whether the opposition decides to come together or not it’s not our business.”
Governor Uba Sani recalled that APC National Chairman Professor Nentawe Yilwatada had promised that the North would give President Bola Tinubu 70% of its votes and that Kaduna State would give a higher percentage.
‘In Kaduna State allowing any candidate to even get 25% of the votes is a failure on our side’ he pledged.
The governor cited various projects the president has sited in Kaduna State over the last three and a half years which the people never dreamt of adding ‘Now we can see development we can see intervention we can see support.’
He commended the president for handing over the Ahmadu Bello Stadium to the Kaduna State Government promising to reconstruct it into a FIFA-standard 33000-seat stadium.
Governor Uba Sani also highlighted the reconstruction of the Kaduna-Birnin Gwari 123 km road saying N178bn has been released for the project which had been abandoned for more than 40 years.
The Kaduna State Governor also thanked President Tinubu for the ongoing reconstruction of the Zaria-Soba-Kambuwa road and the proposed Kaduna metropolitan light rail project the second in the country.
He said $865m has been approved for the rail project and the contractor China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation has been mobilised with $300m.
Governor Uba Sani also disclosed that Kaduna State now has four federal universities including the upgraded Federal University of Education Zaria; the Federal University of Applied Sciences Kachia; and the proposed Shehu Musa Yar’adua University of Petroleum Studies Kaduna as well as Kaduna Polytechnic which has been converted into the Federal University of Technology.
According to him the only way the good people of Kaduna State can reciprocate this gesture is to vote en masse for President Tinubu.