2019: Makarfi promises devolution of power if elected

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Makarfi Makarfi ONE of the Presidential aspirants under the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohammed Ahmed Makarfi, has promised to operate a system of government where there will be devolution of power in the country in order to make the task of governance easy at the central level.

The former Governor of Kaduna State, stated this on Friday when he met with Bauchi and Yobe State delegates and other PDP stakeholders in Bauchi saying that power was too concentrated at the centre which according to him was responsible for the challenges the country was experiencing.

The former PDP Caretaker Committee Chairman said that “Under my watch, if elected as president of the country, we will make sure that devolution of power takes place. We will devoid power down to the centre in such a way that both states and local governments will be able to manage their own resources ”

“We need to restructure, by restructuring, I mean that the states and the local governments will be so empowered to generate their own revenue, instead of relying solely on the federal government for allocations. All the stakeholders in the country will be carried along by looking at previous reports, remove what is obsolete and bring what is new” he further said.

The presidential aspirant said that he will operate an open government that is approachable twenty hours of the day, pointing out that he will give a listening hear to the priorities of the citizens in order for it to be reflected in government programmes.

He promised to tackle security challenges bedevilling the country, saying that he had achieved a record of the restoration of peace in an issue of conflict when he was the governor of Kaduna State.

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“I have a record of restoring peace in Kaduna State during a conflict. At that time, I was able to arrest the situation that should have engulfed the whole state in a crisis” he added.

In his response, Bauchi state PDP chairman, Koshe Akuyam assured that the delegates will be fair to all the aspirants and decide on the best for the country.

Represented by his Deputy Nuhu Zaki through PDP chairman lamented that the APC government has failed Nigerians at all levels and must be changed by 2019.