Kaduna heads for better days, Uba Sani says, as Elrufai collects return certificate
Nasir Dambatta
Senator-elect for Kaduna Central, Malam Uba Sani has described Governor Nasir Elrufai’s electoral victory to a second term as the ratification of a solemn covenant with the people of Kaduna state.
He said this in a remark at the Kaduna state office of the Independent National Electoral Commission where Governor Elrufai and all elected state assembly members were issued certificates of return on Thursday.
“It is indeed reassuring that a people should so overwhelmingly endorse our amiable Governor for an other four-year tenure and also accept to elect other trusted candidates he recommended for them into various offices at national and state levels.
“Overwhelmed by this general outpouring of support and further repose of confidence in our Governor and our great All Progressives Congress, we assure the people of our renewed dedication to ensuring a better, more greener future of the entire state” he stressed.
“This confidence and support shall certainly be reciprocated by the government under Malam Elrufai who is generally and rightly acknowledged as a honourable man who sticks to his words,” the Senator-elect said.
He thanked the entire people for the orderly manner in which they conducted themselves throughout the electioneering and election periods as well as through the difficult period of managing victory.
El-Rufai received Certificate of Return from INEC, saying he has to work twice hard to make Kaduna recover the last eight years of stagnation and enable it meet up with it neighbours.
He said, he has no time to exult in his victory, as there is much to do to make Kaduna great again; therefore he has to swing into action immediately.
El-Rufai in his acceptance speech to Kaduna people after receiving the certificate amidst huge crowd at INEC headquarters reaffirmed his commitment to do his best to restore Kaduna to a state that works for its people.
According to him, “We shall be doing so under serious constraints. Our state is heavily indebted at a time when oil prices are low. Our state has not seen significant development in the last eight years. We must work twice as hard with half the resources of the last eight years just to catch up with our neighbors. We must be disciplined, focused and prudent to do so.
“In accepting my election as governor of Kaduna state, I pledge to do all that is humanly possible to move our dear state forward, beginning from today. As soon I am sworn into office and constitute a state executive council, we shall begin work to meet your expectations of positive change” he said.
