•Set To Battle Gov. El-Rufai’s Candidate
The governorship race in Kaduna State come 2023 will be very interesting to watch. Kaduna is one o the three key states in the country that determine where the pendulum of elections swing in Nigeria. But why the 2023 governorship race in Kaduna will be particularly interesting is the fact that two political giants inj the state are going to throw in everything they have into the coming election. Senator Sheu Sani is a former lawmaker representing Kaduna central senatorial district at the National Assembly while Governor el-Rufai is the current governor of Kaduna State. They both do not see eye to eye. There is no love lost between them. Now, Senator Sheu Sani recently declared his intentions to run for governorship of the state come 2023 and he has drawn the battle line between the governor and himself and whoever the governor’s anointed candidate will be. He knows taking on governor el-Rufai’s political structure will require a lot of courage and financial muscle. He knows it’s certainly not going to be a walk in the park, but he says he is more than prepared for the challenges ahead. .
According to the former Lawmaker, Sheu Sani said he was joining the race to rescue the state from the mess that had been created by Governor Nasir el-Rufai. The lawmaker said that he was throwing his hat in the ring on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, adding that it was left for the party to unite its members to form a government that will respect the will of the poor in Kaduna State.
The respected former senator did not just wake up one morning and decided to contest. Hear him “We sat with my loyalists and supporters and they wanted me to contest the governor of Kaduna State which I will do to remove APC, God willing; to remove anointed candidate of the state governor and to enter Government House where comrade will be sworn in as the next governor that will bring changes, that will clean all the dirt they brought in the state in the name of development.
“I will bring security. This is what my supporters wanted and I trust them. So, I will contest the governorship seat under the PDP. Therefore, I call on the people of Kaduna to support and collaborate with me. “I also solicit their prayers; I need the prayers of religious leaders, marketers, physically challenged, women and youths. You voted for Malam as governor, what remains now is to have a comrade as governor so as to see the difference between us.
“You must reject the anointed candidate ýof those who demolished your houses. Support us to see how we form a government that respects the will of the poor in the state.” The lawmaker said as a contestant he doesn’t have money to share to delegates to vote for him, warning that money politics was what brought the country into “mess under the ruling party”. He said if the masses decided to vote for him, with or without money, he would win. But it remains to be seen how the distinguished former senator hopes to realize his ambition without a hefty war chest at his disposal;. Politics in this part of the world requires tons of money, especially if you’re vying for top positions such as the governorship of a state.
Sheu Sani is a former activist. He still remains very critical of government and it’s several anti people policies. Sani had his elementary education at Badarawa Primary School, Kaduna where he obtained his Primary School Leaving Certificate in 1980. He then proceeded to Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State, obtaining his O’Level in 1984. He thereafter attended the Kaduna Polytechnic where he obtained a Higher National Diploma(HND) in 1993.
Shehu Sani is an author, a playwright and a Human Rights Activist. He is the President of the group called Civil Right Congress of Nigeria(CRCN) and he is also the chairman Hand in Hand Africa. As an agitator for democratic rule during the military era, Shehu Sani was arrested and jailed many times by past military regimes for vehement struggles for the restoration of Democracy in Nigeria.
He was jailed for life during the General Sani Abacha regime but was released when democracy was restored in 1999. In the 2015 elections, He contested and won the Kaduna Central Senatorial District on the platform of the All Proggressives Congress(APC).
Senator Shehu Sani is a member of the following Senate Committees, Local and Foreign Debts, Costitutional Review and Foreign Affairs. His legislative interests include, Foreign Affairs and Education.
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