Kaduna 2023 and the electorate

Those following my update keenly on this space know that I am not interested in commenting on issues pertaining Kaduna state politics, not because my pen is stuck with ideas to write on, but simply because my focus is mostly on national issues. Besides, I don’t have issues with the state’s affairs.

It is on record that since I began writing on this space, this is the first time I am writing on Kaduna state politics, and even now it’s because my attention was drawn to how some of our electorate are getting the dots wrong. So, I feel like I’ve to come over and make a bit of admonishment.

Indeed, the forthcoming governorship election would be quite different in the eyes of the electorate in Kaduna state, considering how the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has stepped on their toes and crossed their fingers by all means, especially those from the opposition or let me say from the masses. This has made some of our electorate to take the race as a do-or-die affair which is contrary to the tenets of democracy.

It has been observed that, whoever is going to succeed Governor Nasiru Ahmed El-Rufa’i will focus on the human capital development, education and security. This is because these sectors are comatose, as such the incoming governor will belt up and be ready for massive reforms.

Even before the official electioneering begins, supporters and well wishers of governorship aspirants have already blown their whistle, and most unfortunate is that they’re not objective while blowing the whistle.

As far as I am concerned, the right person to vote for is one who can rejuvenate the aforementioned sectors including security, even though it is beyond the power of state governments but thanks to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno state who has zone well in this regard.

Therefore, our electorate should get it clear that, reacting emotionally can’t yield any result other than exposing the ignorance of some of us.

At this juncture, I’m calling on my fellow youths and electorate that, we should play politics without bitterness. We should vote for someone who can restore our lost glory, but going outside the status quo wouldn’t help us.

Abubakar Muhammad Sani,
Kaduna
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