Chairman, Senate Committee on Petroleum Resources (downstream), Senator Kabir Garba Marafa has said he will contest the Zamfara governorship race in 2019 elections.
Marafa made known his intention to vie for the governorship race when the newly elected executive of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state paid him a sallah visit at his Yandoton-daji residence in Tsafe local government area of the state on Monday.
In a statement, which was made available to DAILY POST after the visit, the lawmaker said, he would officially declare his intention to contest for the governorship race in an occasion to be held in Gusau, the Zamfara state capital where all the stakeholders in Zamfara state would attend.
He further disclosed that he was under pressure from the party faithfuls and the citizens to contest.
“Following the numerous calls across the 14 local government areas of the state, I have decided to join the governorship race.
“If elected, I will fight corruption, injustice and provide the much needed leadership to stimulate the growth and development of Zamfara state,” he said.
While commending the state Governor, Abdul Aziz Yari for admitting his failure to provide the needed leadership to tackle the security challenges facing the state, he said he would use all the resources at his disposal to combat the banditry in the state if elected.
“If we provide security, our people will return to their homes and farmlands to do what they know best and that is farming.”
“If given the needed support, we in Zamfara can feed the country with the enormous resources Allah has blessed us with,” he said.
Senator Marafa has been critical about the State governor for not tackling security challenges, saying that the governor was instrumental to killings in the State.
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