The Jigawa State Forum of Former Local Government Chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged Mustaph Sule Lamido to run for governor on the party's platform in 2023.
The call was made in a statement published by the organization during an exceptional gathering held at the Gumel Foundation in the historic city of Gumel, Jigawa State.
According to the communiqué read by the forum's secretary, Hon Musa Abdullahi Karkarna, chairman of Yankwashi local government area, 22 of the 27 council chairmen who served under the PDP administration attended the meeting and all agreed on the resolution that Mustapha, the son of former governor of the state, Alhaji Sule Lamido, should fly the party's flag in next year's governorship election.
He said the group has critically examined the situation Jigawa State found itself today, and noted that the state is struggling with serious social and economic challenges as well as infrastructure decay which need to be fixed.
The group maintained that the potentiality required from a person that can confront the task of fixing Jigawa State they have identified it with Dr Mustapha Sule Lamido.
“Mustaph Sule Lamido is well educated and has strong mind of confronting difficult judgement at difficult time and above all he is very sincere and obedient party member, so we believe he can do the job.
“In view of the foregoing, we are calling on this intellectual youth and gentleman in person of Mustapha Lamido to come out and contest for the gubernatorial ticket of our great party PDP for a rescue mission,” the group said.
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