2023: Forum Endorses Mustapha Lamido For Governor In Jigawa

(Image) Members, Jigawa State Forum Of Former Local Government Chairmen Under PDP

By Salisu K Ismail

At a time when political issues are looming large ahead of the 2023 general election, The forum of former local government chairmen under People Democratic Party in Jigawa state has called on the Mustaph Sule Lamido to come out and join the race for their party (PDP) gubernatorial ticket coming 2023 general election.

This was contained in a communique issued to newsmen shortly after a meeting of the members of the Forum held at Gumel Emirate Foundation in Jigawa state.

Mustapha Sule Lamido, a son of the former Jigawa state Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido and PDP chieftain was a former PDP candidate for the Jigawa Central Senatorial district in 2019 general election. 

In the communique which was red by the Secretary of the forum and also former chairman of Yankwashi local government Hon. Musa Abdullahi Karkarna  said 22 out of the 27 local government chairmen who served under the PDP reign in the state had attended the meeting and agreed on the resolution.

"The group has critically examine the situation Jigawa state found itself today, the state is struggling with serious social and economic challenges as well as infrastructure decay, the problem which required a competent, strong person with strong mind and listing ears to fix it," He pointed out.

However, the group maintained that, they have identified every potentiality required from a person that can confront the enormous task of fixing Jigawa state in Dr Mustaph 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 believed he can do the Job," the statement added.

In view of the foregoing we are calling on this intellectual gentle man 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 explained.

More so, The Jigawa state forum of the former local government chairmen under PDP promised to go round the state to mobilize more people particularly PDP members to join the group to beg on Lamido to accept their request in order to emancipate the state from the current nasty situation.