The gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Katsina State, Alhaji Ibrahim Zakari, has pledged to rescue the people from insecurity and social ills, if elected governor in the 2023 general elections.
Zakari stated this when he flagged off his gubernatorial election campaign at the Katsina SDP office on Saturday.
“My quest to be the governor of Katsina State is not for power, rather it is to serve the people.
“Our party manifesto centres around the need to empower the people by transforming the education, healthcare, agriculture, infrastructure and other sectors of the economy”.
“I have the requisite experience to provide the right brand of leadership at this period when the state is facing numerous social, economic and security challenges,” he said.
The gubernatorial candidate unveiled some of his seven-point agenda which includes education, rural development, youth and women empowerment, and agriculture, among other priority areas.
“I am here to contribute my quota, as an indigene of Katsina State. I am not just in the race just to take power from the ruling party but to rescue the people of the state.
“Everyone knows the situation the country has found itself. We cannot deceive ourselves that everything is normal. That is why I am in the race, we have to join hands to rescue our people,” he added.
The gubernatorial candidate expressed confidence that SDP will sweep the polls in the 2023 polls.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalled that Ibrahim Zakari who is also the Talba Hausa, defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) and joined the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), where he contested for the gubernatorial seat and lost in the the primaries conducted in June 2022.
Zakari dumped NNPP after accusing some party chieftains of conspiring against him.
He then defected to the SDP and recontested for the same position and emerged the SDP gubernatorial Candidate for Katsina State.
