Politics
Former Minister grabs PDP senatorial ticket for Jigawa North East
A former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs in the immediate past administration Dr Nuruddeen Muhammad has won the senatorial ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Jigawa North East zone.
The forner Supervising Minister at the Federal Ministry of Information was returned unopposed at a special primary election held on thursday, the 9th of June, 2022 in Hadeja, Hadeja Local Government area of Jigawa State
In his acceptance speech, the candidate thanked all the party delegates for the rare honour done to him as he urged the electorates to vote with the problems facing the constituency in mind.
He enumerated the problems as perennial floods, desertification, dredging of river Hadeja, and high prevalence of kidney diseases among others
Dr Muhammad was a deputy gubernatorial candidate for the PDP in the 2015 general elections