A former Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Rt. Honourable Yusuf Zailani, has vowed to tackle Governor Uba Sani’s political opponents come the 2027 elections.
He said: ‘’Igabi Local Government is a no-go area for anybody. It is for President Tinubu and Governor Uba Sani alone.’’
Zailani made the remark yesterday when the governor paid a condolence visit at his family house in Rigachikun, a town on the outskirts of the Kaduna metropolis, over the passing of his stepmother, Hajiya Fatima Abdullahi (a.k.a. Goggo Ladi).
Zailani, a member of the state House of Assembly representing Igabi Local Government Area of the state, noted that the governor’s policies have impacted positively on the vast majority of the people.
He listed enhanced security, the distribution of free fertiliser to farmers and roads construction as well as the over all rural transformation of the administration, as some of the laudable policies.
The former speaker disclosed that successive administrations have been promising to construct the Gadar-Gayan to Kujama junction road but have failed to deliver on their promises until the coming of the present government.
He said that for 46 years, the people have been yearning for the construction of that road, since the Shagari administration in the Second Republic.
Zailani said that he mentioned the state of the road’s disrepair to Governor Uba Sani casually and, the next day, government officials came and started taking measurements, adding, ‘’Right now, the road is almost completed, remaining just a link bridge.’’
Zailani, a grassroots politician, said many farmers will benefit from this project when completed, ‘’so we are duty-bound to commend His Excellency, the governor.’’
The former Speaker also commended Uba for distributing fertiliser free of charge to farmers, saying that this kind gesture was unprecedented in the history of the state.
He said: ‘’Eighty percent of our people are farmers, they are not contractors. All they know how to do is to farm and rear animals. The free bags of fertiliser that they received, have touched the lives of our people in a very significant way.”
He also said that Uba has contained most of the security challenges that had bedevilled the state during the last administration.
‘’Our people are now moving freely and going to their farms,” he said. “So, it is imperative to thank President Bola Tinubu, you the governor and your friend, the National Security Adviser, Malam Nuhu Ribadu.”
Zailani added that the people of Igabi Local Government Area pray for the success of the Uba Sani administration, adding that it has ‘’done what no other administration has done for the area.’’
He mentioned the Skills Acquisition Centre that is located at Rigachikun which aims to graduate about 1,500 youths yearly and ‘’a sizeable number will come from this local government.’’
Zailani pointed out that the graduates of the Skills Centre would be given the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE)-recognised certificates, which would enable them get employed by either government or corporate organisations if they choose to look for jobs.
