This is as the group also endorsed a former Commissioner for Agriculture, Dr. Manzo Daniel Maigari, as the “perfect choice” for Sani’s running mate.
Maigari was a former Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce under the first tenure of Mallam Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai’s administration in the state.
The Coalition’s Convener, Abeku Audu, in a statement said it arrived at the choice of the former commissioner after painstaking assessment of his qualities.
He said since the emergence of the APC administration in Kaduna State in 2015, there has been no Southern Kaduna politician who has contributed so much in terms of attracting goodwill and popularity to the party than Dr Manzo.
The statement read, “following the successful completion of the All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries, the Coalition of Southern Kaduna APC Volunteer Groups wishes to congratulate Distinguished Senator Uba Sani for emerging victorious as the governorship candidate of the APC in Kaduna State. We salute our Party’s delegates for this choice and look forward to a resounding victory at the 2023 polls.
“As APC members and stakeholders in Southern Kaduna, we are resolved to rally support for the victory of our Party in next year’s General Elections.
“To attain this electoral success, we are concerned with the choice of who occupies the running mate position. We find it expedient to call on the leaders of our party, especially from the Southern part, to tread with caution on the matter and ensure we get a candidate that would add value to the candidacy of Distinguished Senator Sani.
“After painstaking assessment of running mate aspirants from Southern Kaduna, we have chosen Dr. Manzo Daniel Maigari, a former Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce under the first tenure of His Excellency, Mallam Nasir Ahmed el-Rufai.
“Our choice of Dr Manzo as the deputy to our governorship candidate has been arrived at after a painstaking assessment of authentic qualities whose headship of the two ministries he served witnessed landmark achievements.
“Since the emergence of the APC Administration in Kaduna State in 2015, there has been no Southern Kaduna politician who has contributed so much in terms of attracting goodwill and popularity to the party than Dr Manzo.
“This rising technocrat of exemplary character who has equipped himself with requisite knowledge of Agribusiness in Business School, Netherland; Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies in Lee Kuan Yew Institute for Public Policy, Singapore; and an MBA Leadership and Sustainability in view from Royal Kennedy College, Switzerland/ University of Cumbria, remains an unbeatable candidate for nomination for the choice of running mate to our APC Governorship Candidate.” ENDS.
