At North-West mega rally, Tinubu promises security, emplyment

The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, at the a mega rally in Kaduna State, promised to tackle insecurity and unemployment if elected president in the February 25, 2023 presidential election.

The rally was for presidential, governorship, senatorial, House of Representatives and state Assembly candidates in the North-West zone comprising Kaduna, Kano, Kebbi, Jigawa Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara States.

The 30-thousand-capacity main bowl of the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in the heart of city, filled on Tuesday.

Apart from the provision of jobs for the teeming unemployed youths across the country, the standard bearer said he would boost agriculture for food sufficiency in the land.

This was as he said that Nigerians would not regret voting him as president next year.

While addressing supporters drawn from the North-West zone, Tinubu, who said he was pained over insecurity in Kaduna State in particular and Nigeria in general, added that terrorism would be totally eliminated under him as president next year.

Tinubu also hailed Governor Nasir El-Rufai for the infrastructural development of the state, noting that he was pleased to know that he had a worthy successor in Uba Sani, the governorship candidate of the party in the state.

Tinubu said, “In Shaa Allah, all those troublemakers, all those kidnappers, killers who are troubling the security of Kaduna and Northern Nigeria, I assure you, we will eliminate them.

“El-Rufai has done a good job in Kaduna and he has boosted the internally generated revenue. But a leader without a good successor is not a good leader. He has given us a young, energetic and honest man, Uba Sani, to become the next governor of Kaduna State.

“Let me now tell you, you should vote all candidates of our dear party, from president to governor, to senator, to House of Representatives (members), to House of Assembly, to chairmen and even councillors. May God bless you.”

Earlier, the national chairman of the Party, Abdulllahi Adamu, had expressed appreciation to the people of state for turning out en-mass to receive their presidential candidate.

Also speaking, the Director-General of the APC Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong, explained how the presidential candidate dared the bandits by travelling to Birnin-Gwari at night, noting that the gesture was an indication that, Nigeria under Tinubu as president, would be safe.

Among the dignitaries in attendance at the rally were Governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Abubakar Badaru of Jigawa, Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, Simon Lalong of Plateau, Aminu Masari of Katsina, and Bello Mattawalle of Zamfara States.