**Call for Unity among Stakeholders
All Progressive Congress (APC) stakeholders of Niger North Senatorial District in Niger state have commended President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for nominating one of their own, Senator Sabi Abdullahi Aliyu as Minister.
They described the gesture as a great honor to the people of the zone.
The stakeholders said the nomination of Senator Sabi Abdullahi as a Minister by the President has not only addressed the political zoning arrangement in the state, it has adequately compensated the zone for the overwhelming support given to the party at all levels during the 2023 general elections
The stakeholders gave the commendation in Minna on Monday after the meeting of the zone held at the conference hall in office of the speaker, Niger state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulmalik Mohammed Saarkindaji.
The zonal stakeholders meeting of the party which was convened at the instance of the speaker who is also from the zone, was to appraise political developments in the zone after the 2023 general elections.
It was also meant to set agenda for the zone and above all, set a target for all the political leaders from the zone for the overall benefit of the people.
The convener of the meeting and speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulmalik Mohammed Sarkindaji while welcoming the stakeholders, told them that there is the need for all the political leaders in the zone to come together and chat a common front for the overall development of the zone.
He said the zone and the entire state remain grateful to President Tinubu for ensuring that there is political balance in the state with the nomination of Senator Sabi, reiterating that the entire zone remains solidly behind the Ministerial nominee.
According to him, what is left for the zone now is to ensure that it put its house in order and remain united politically after producing the state governor who held sway for eight years, “it will take the zone another 16 years before it can take another another shot going by the zoning formula.
“While we wait for our turn again, there is the need for the zone to form a common front, come together and be united. All our political leaders must realize that they are representatives of the people, and therefore they must remain accountable to them”.
The stakeholders meeting which had in attendant the national and state assembly members, serving and former local government chairmen, former commissioners, the acting state chairman of the party, former Secretary to the State Government and other political leaders, also commended the state governor, Rt. Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago for all the commissioner nominees from the zone.
