Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has officially received the All Progressives Congress (APC) membership card (001) at his polling unit of Maradun South in Maradun local government area of the state.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Director-General Media, Yusuf Idris Gusau on Wednesday.
The statement noted that the governor who flagged off the registration exercise was registered by Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Masari who is the chairman of Zamfara State registration/ revalidation Committee sent by the National Secretariat of the APC, Abuja to conduct the registration exercise in the state.
“Governor Matawalle received his APC membership card in the presence of two former governors of the state, Senator Ahmad Sani Yariman Bakura and Alhaji Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi as well as two former Deputy governors, Mallam Ibrahim Wakkala Muhammad and Hon. Muktar Ahmad Anka.
“Other notable personalities at the formal flagging off of the APC registration and revalidation of the membership card included Ambassador Bashir Yuguda, Honourable Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, Engineer Abu Magaji and the Chief of Staff to the Speaker National Assembly, Rt. Hon Sanusi Garba Rikiji and the Speaker, Zamfara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Nasiru Maazu Magarya.
The exercise is scheduled to take place in all the 147 wards across the 14 local government areas of the state with the sole objective of registering new members who recently joined the party along with governor Matawalle
Addressing the mammoth crowd shortly after receiving his membership card, governor Matawalle said the registration and revalidation exercise in the state is aimed at giving equal opportunity to all party members at all levels as prescribed in the party’s constitution.
He said, “with this development, it will allow for internal democracy to thrive in the state as well as to ensure the formation of party structures that will produce good leaders for the party.”
The governor also expressed satisfaction with the turnout of APC party faithful at the registration centres predicting that the party will draw over two million people in the state during the stipulated period.
Matawalle also applauded the leadership qualities of the party at the National level under President Muhammadu Buhari for creating enabling environment for the people of the state to register.
He assured of uniting all the party members into one family that will speak with one strong and respected voice to be heard all over the country.
The governor further assured fairness, justice and an enabling environment for politicking in the party and promised to uphold and allow people to select leaders of their choice.
He however noted that all these cannot happen without being a registered member of the party as provided by the party’s constitution.
Earlier in his welcome address the chairman of the state Caretaker Committee, Senator Hassan Muhammad Nasiha called on all members of the party in the state to come out enmass and register to become full members of the party.
He described party membership as the most important tool for standing any election in the country
Senator Nasiha also commended governor Matawalle for uniting party members in the state and ensuring that they work as a family at all levels.
In their separate speeches, Hajiya Aisha Maradun and Hajiya Amina Ahmad Kai-Kai called on women in the state to come out and register in order not to be left out of the benefits of dividends of democracy from both state and the federal levels.
They reiterated that women are the major stakeholders in politics whose contributions to the development of the nation’s democracy cannot be overemphasised
Presenting the membership card to the governor, Chairman of the Registration and Revalidation Excercise Committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Kabir Masari said they were sent to the state by the APC National leadership to come to Zamfara and register new members as well as revalidate the registration of those with the membership card with a view of making the party more formidable and accomodating to all interests.
He assured that his Committee will carry out the exercise as required by the party constitution for the purpose of having a united political party in Zamfara State.
He further said, the members of the committee were people of proven integrity whose sole objective is to register all eligible party members for the purpose of cooperation, unity and development of the party and its supporters.
Ibrahim Kabir Masari also assured to carry out the registration exercise diligently and with utmost urgency so that Zamfara State delegates will fully participate in the forthcoming APC National convention
The event was attended by all the three senators from the state, Senator Hassan Muhammad Nasiha, Senator Sahabi Ya’u Kaura and Senator Lawal Hassan Dan-Iya, Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Kabiru Balarabe, Members of National and State Assemblies, Commissioners, Special Advisers, Directors General, party members and large turnout supporters among others.
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