2ND TERM BID:GOVERNOR SANI BELLO SECURES NIGER APC GUBERNATORIAL TICKET.

2ND TERM BID: GOVERNOR SANI BELLO SECURES NIGER APC GUBERNATORIAL TICKET

...SAYS HE IS PROPELLED TO  DO MORE

It was an overwhelming endorsement for Governor Abubakar Sani Bello as members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State on Sunday trooped out en masse to affirm him as the party's standard bearer for 2019 gubernatorial elections in the state.

Party members from the 274 wards of the state trooped out in large numbers as early as 8 am in their ward's designated centers to participate in the direct primary option adopted by the state for the emergence of party's candidates for all elective offices in the state.

Mr Governor who scaled the screening exercise and was cleared by the national secretariat of the party, is the party's sole candidate for the office of the governor.

Mr Governor who was at Mustapha Comprehensive School, the center for Kontagora Central Ward, Kontagora for the governorship primaries expressed appreciation to party members for reposing confidence in him by returning him unopposed.

According to Mr Governor, "It is very comforting when your people have confidence in you when they support you when they overwhelming endorse you. In politics, this is what you need and I really appreciate the gesture.

"Their action has further humbled me and I am propelled to do more in the years to come. By 2019 our administration will continue the good works we started".

An elated Mr Governor then assured party faithful and people of the state of his resolve to be more committed to the actualization of the restoration agenda of his administration, which he said has been on course adding that a second term ticket would enable him to consolidate and take the state to greater heights

"It has been tough in the years past but there is still a lot of work to be done. We may have not been able to cover all sectors, this time we are determined to cover more grounds and ensure full actualization of our set goals come 2019,Mr governor assured the people of the state.

Meanwhile the returning officer for Kontagora  Central Ward, Alhaji Lawal Abdullahi after the exercise disclosed that out of the 1,354 accredited members, 1198 that turned up for voting unanimously affirmed the governorship candidacy of Governor Sani Bello for 2019 gubernatorial election.

Jibrin Baba Ndace
Chief Press Secretary