Governor Uba Sani has pledged that Kaduna State will support President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election in 2027 because of the dividends of democracy he brought to the state and country at large.

The governor who listed projects executed by the Federal Government and those that it attracted in Kaduna State spoke on Sunday during a stakeholders’ engagement on the ongoing e-registration of the All Progressives Congress members across the country.

Addressing Zone 2 stakeholders, Mr Sani said that Kaduna State was targeting 2.5 million members in the ongoing exercise because APC was now the dominant party in the state.

The governor argued that his inclusive development model, where projects are spread across the state and President Tinubu’s projects in Kaduna State, have made members of the opposition to defect to the APC in large numbers.

According to Mr Sani, the President has supported the Kaduna State Light Rail project to the tune of N1 billion, which he described as unprecedented in the whole of northern Nigeria.

He maintained that no other subnational has enjoyed such kind of support, apart from Lagos State, for the execution of the Light Rail Project in the whole of Nigeria.

He said, “Only three weeks ago, I was in China, in the company with the Director General of Nigeria-China Strategic Partnership, at the instance of President Bola Tinubu, who has also decided that Kaduna State would be the pilot state to embark on a major poultry project.

‘’The project will generate at least 350,000 jobs. Already, the federal government has approved $200 million for it and Kaduna State will have the biggest poultry project in South-Saharan Africa and the ground breaking will be done in the next three weeks.”

The governor added that the project would also support 10,000 direct and indirect small businesses, particularly SMEs, allied to poultry farming.

Mr Sani added, “Again, we must thank our leader, President Bola Tinubu, for approving the construction of Mando to Birnin Gwari road, which is very critical, as well as re-construction of Kwoi to Jama’a road.”

Mr Sani also said that several projects had been approved in partnership between Kaduna State Government and the office of the House of Representatives Speaker, Tajuddeen Abbas, in the current budget, for Zone 1.

He pointed out that Zone 1, or northern senatorial district, had benefited more than any zone in Kaduna State, adding that having Speaker Abbas has been a blessing.

The governor added that Zone 1 is also lucky to have the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, who has done well in supporting Kaduna State generally.

‘’When you look at some of the major projects that we are embarking on, under ACRESal, addressing erosion and other climate issues, he has played a pivotal role in that regard.

‘’In the next one or two months, we will be doing groundbreaking for one of the major projects in Zaria and Rigasa, totaling about N53 billion, courtesy of the support and effort of the Minister of Environment, Mallam Balarabe Abbas.

“So I can say that we are very lucky, we have people that are working for the Federal Government from our state that have been able to attract very important projects to our state,’’ he added.

The governor further said that with all that the state government had done for the people of Kaduna State and the projects that Mr Tinubu attracted to the subnational, it would be one of the leading states in the e-registration. 

Earlier, the governor held similar engagements with stakeholders from Zone 2 on Saturday, comprising APC members from Kaduna North and Kaduna South, Chikun, Kajuru, Igabi, Birnin Gwari and Giwa local government areas.

On Sunday, the governor and senior government officials also met with stakeholders from Zone 1, comprising Zaria, Sabon Gari, Soba, Makarfi, Kubau, Kudan, Ikara and Lere local governments.

Likewise, on Sunday he interacted with stakeholders from Zangon Kataf, Kachai, Jaba, Jemaá, Kaura, Kaura, Kagarko and Sanga local governments of Zone 3, or southern Kaduna senatorial district on Sunday.