Mr.
Abdullahi Danbaba, the Special Assistant on Non-Governmental Affairs to
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, has resigned his appointment to
enable him stay in the All Progressives Congress.
Danbaba
announced his resignation in a letter obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria in
Ilorin on Sunday, which was addressed to Governor Ahmed through the Secretary
to the State Government.
According to
him, the decision to resign the appointment is due to extensive and
heart-to-heart consultation with the people of his constituency, coupled with
the issue created by the recent political re-alignment in the state and the
country at large.
He, however,
expressed gratitude to the governor and President of the Senate Bukola Saraki
for the opportunity offered him to serve the people of Kwara.
NAN reports
that Danbaba’s resignation has brought the number of aides that had disengaged
from the service of the state government to two.
He hailed
from Kaiama Local Government area in the North Senatorial District of Kwara
state.
Speaking
with NAN, Danbaba said his decision was borne out of the recent political
re-alignment that saw Bukola Saraki-led political leadership in the state
defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People Democratic
Party.
“As a result
of that political development, the people of my constituency in Kaiama local
government felt they would not go with Saraki any longer because they have
suffered protractedly lack of infrastructure development.
“And as a
result, they would not toe the path of Saraki and I have consulted widely with
my people and in view of the fact that the community suffered for a long period
of time, I should also disengage from this government and come home and join
the people’s party; that is the APC”, he said.
He lamented
that the community had been cut off from the state as the three major roads
that linked the community with other parts of the country are in pitiable
condition.
He explained
that the people of the area were staunch supporters of President Muhammadu
Buhari throughout his political foray.
“Buhari
since his political foray has been consistently winning Kaiama local
government.
“He won in
2003 as the ANPP Presidential Candidate, in 2007 as ANPP candidate again, He
won only in Kaiama; in 2011, he won as CPC and 2015 as APC candidate.
“This is
because we believe in his leadership; we believe he could provide effective
leadership to the nation,” he said.
Danbaba also
applauded the Social Investment Programmes of the Federal Government, saying
Kaiama had benefitted tremendously from the scheme.
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