Aminu Ringim, a former PDP governorship candidate in Jigawa, has emerged as the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)’s governorship candidate.

He was elected unopposed.

Mr Ringim was in the governorship race twice in 2015 and 2019 on the platform of PDP but failed on those occasions to achieve his gubernatorial ambition.

Musa Abubakar, the returning officer at the NNPP’s governorship primary in Jigawa, declared Mr Ringim as the winner through voice affirmation shortly after the necessary formalities on Monday in Dutse.

Mr Abubakar disclosed that the party accredited 861 delegates for the exercise from the 27 local government areas.

He said the delegates affirmed Mr Ringim winner, being the sole contestant at the primary election.

In his acceptance speech, the NNPP governorship candidate thanked the delegates, party members and other stakeholders for their support.

“With a deep sense of humility and on behalf of our teeming members and followers of our great party, the NNPP, I wish to formally accept the honour and trust you bestowed on my humble self to fly the flag of our party as its gubernatorial candidate for Jigawa state in the forthcoming 2023 general elections,” stated Mr Ringim.

He added, “Our platform, the NNPP offers the best alternative. The party is led by trusted leaders like Dr Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, with a proven positive track record of accomplishments in governance. It is therefore incumbent upon us to ensure that we give our leaders the mandate to pilot the affairs of this nation, to restore its lost glory and entrench sustainable prosperity.”

The candidate urged members of the party to embark on a serious and targeted mobilisation to spread the party’s rescue mission to the nooks and crannies of the 287 electoral wards across the state.

“We have no time for lamentations,” he added.

(NAN)