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Kano: Barau distrbutes 61 cars, 1137 Motorbikes to APC leaders
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Kano State people jubilate as Senator Barau Jibrin , the Deputy Senate President doled out 61 cars and 1137 motorcycles to Kano State’s All Progressives Congress Officers.
The state chairman of APC in the state Prince Abdullahi Abbas said Senator Barau is the Chief Financier of the part activities.
The National chairman of APC and the former Governor of Kano State Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said they are happy with performance of the Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin.
This was contained in a Press release of Sunday 23rd February 2025 by the Political /Public Affairs Unit of the All Progressives Congress.
The statement read; “The Kano State metropolis stood still on Sunday as Senator Barau I. Jibrin, the Deputy President of the Senate, distributed 61 cars and 1,137 motorcycles to the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders.
The cars and motorcycles were distributed to party chairmen in the 44 local government areas and 484 wards of Kano State as part of efforts to empower them.
Addressing the mammoth crowd, the Kano State chairman of the APC, Prince Abdullahi Abbas, said the Deputy President of the Senate has been funding the party’s activities since the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) took over the state in 2023.
He described Barau as the Senator for all in Kano State: ” Barau is the Senator for all in Kano State. Yes, he represents Kano North, but he is for the people of Kano Central, Kano South and everybody
He said that in 2027, aspirants would be judged based on their contributions to the party’s sustenance and development since 2023.
For his part, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources (Upstream), Rep Alhassan Ado Doguwa, said that with the unity permeating the APC in Kano, the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) would be defeated before 1 p.m. on election day in 2027.
” With the unity in our party now, by God’s grace, we will reclaim our mandate in Kano before 1pm on election day in 2027. The NNPP will be defeated,” he said.
In his remarks, the National Chairman of the APC, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, commended the Deputy President of the Senate for the empowerment and urged others to follow suit.
” This empowerment is to consolidate our party, to strengthen our party, to improve the livelihood of our member and to improve the employment opportunities, not only for our party members but for the members of the state,” he said.
He said the numerous defections rocking the NNPP in Kano State are a sign that the party’s days are numbered.
” They are coming to our party in thousands. And very soon, we shall receive so many senior officials of the party and legislators – senators.
They will leave the dying party, NNPP, to our party, the great APC.
” We have to thank Mr. President. We have to thank him for the reforms that he initiated.
We have started seeing the positive results of the reforms in Nigeria today.
The cost of petrol has started coming down, the prices of food items have started coming down, and the Naira has started appreciating.
We assure you that Nigeria will be taken to the next level, ” he said.
On his part, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I Jibrin, described the empowerment as the tip of the iceberg.
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