The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau Jibrin has received hundreds of supporters of the New Nigeria People’s Party who decamped to the All Progressives Congress in Kano on Tuesday.
The decampees included members of the Kano State Amalgamated Traders Association, butchers, youths, social media influencers, Islamic scholars and Imams of Juma’at Mosques.
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Speaking at the occasion, Senator Barau congratulated them for “taking a wise decision and joining a great party.
“I congratulate and welcome you into our great party, the APC.I congratulate you for taking such a wise decision to join the APC, Africa’s largest political party.
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“The APC is a party of progress and development. Your decision to leave the NNPP and join the APC is a welcomed one, as you have chosen to be part of the development and dividends of democracy being spread by the APC-controlled Government across the country,” he said.
He listed the dividends so far provided to Kano State as the establishment of the Northwest Development Commission, the upgrading of the Federal College of Education, Kano to Federal University of Education, Kano, and the upgrading of the Federal Polytechnic, Kabo, to Federal University of Science and Technology, Kabo among others.
Senator Barau assured the decampees of equal treatment and opportunities alongside other members of the APC and urged them to work for the development and success of the party in all elections.
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“You are expected to work for the progress and success of our great party from the bottom to top during elections and beyond,” he added.
Earlier in his remarks, Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development, Alhaji Yusuf Abdullahi Ata urged the decampees to support the administration of President Bola Tinubu in its continued efforts to improve the lives of all Nigerians.
