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Governor Muhammadu Badaru of Jigawa State says President Muhammadu Buhari is honest, transparent, and “sleeps with Nigerians at heart.”
He said that Buhari has done well for Nigerians in ensuring infrastructural development to fast track sustainable social and economic development in the country.
Badaru also lauded Buhari over the implementation of the agriculture transformation and National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP), among others.
The governor made the commendation at the grand reception of Senator Grace Bent (PDP – Adamawa South), who decamped to the All Progressives Congress on Saturday in Yola.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bent was a member of the PDP Board of Trustees before joining the APC and represented Adamawa South Senatorial District at the National Assembly between 2007 and 2011.
Badaru said the Buhari administration had made giant strides towards improving road, rail, aviation and power infrastructure, as well as various interventions designed to address social, economic and security challenges in the country
“Buhari is honest, transparent and sleep with Nigerians at heart.
“Nigerians begin to see the effort of Buhari in all sectors and people are now joining the APC in thousands,” he said.
Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe and Chairman, APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, congratulated Senator Bent for joining the party.
Buni, represented by the former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, assured that she would be carried along and treated like other members of the party.
In his remarks, Prof. Tahir Mamman, an APC stalwart, urged members of the party to unite and support its leadership to enable it to win subsequent elections.
“Without unity all the struggle will go to nothin,” he warned.
(NAN)
