Southern Kaduna professors urge Senator Katung to join APC, align with Tinubu

The Forum of Southern Kaduna Professors has urged Senator Sunday Marshall Katung, who represents Kaduna South Senatorial District under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to join the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the interest of his constituents.

The forum’s leader, Professor John Laah, made the call in Kaduna while speaking with journalists. He said Senator Katung needed to “align with the centre for access to more dividends of democracy for the people.”

“For us to achieve the best for Southern Kaduna, it is good for the senator to align very well with the party that can help deliver the dividends of democracy.

“And we felt that teaming up with the APC, given the generosity of President Tinubu towards Southern Kaduna, doing what has never happened before, i.e. the establishment of the Federal University and the Federal Medical Centre, and more things that are being planned for Southern Kaduna.

“We felt that the right thing is for the senator and other members to align with the President to ensure that we achieve so much,” he said.

Professor Laah explained that the forum had held consultations and agreed it was time for Senator Katung to work with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to attract more development to the area, including better roads, facilities, and investment.

According to the forum, “the people at the grassroots have always said that the senator has done well, but remaining in PDP will be a challenge because of lack of proper structure and no real leadership that can converse and move forward.”

“And we do not want the senator to get to this level of achievement and then remain there hanging on a tree, so we just felt sincerely speaking that it is time for the senator to move to the APC,” the forum added.

He said the forum would mobilise support for Senator Katung’s second term, noting his performance as a lawmaker has earned him the people’s respect.

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