Ahead of National convention of the All progressive Congress (APC), former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar has obtained nomination form declaring his intention to contest for the post of National chairman of the party.
In a statement on Thursday in Gusau, the spokesman of Lawal M Kaura APC faction in Zamfara State, Ibrahim Mohammed Birnin Magaji said the nomination form was obtained on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.
The statement said ex Governor Yari obtained the form to vie for National Chairmanship position in the forthcoming Party’s National Convention.
Receiving the form from Alhaji Sabi’u Bello who is an Assistant Director in the office of the National Organising Secretary of the Party, a former Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Chairman National Broadcasting Commission, Hon. Iƙra Aliyu Bilbis said the action was to further demonstrate the former Governor’s determination to realise his dream of salvaging the Party.
Addressing Journalists on behalf of the team at the Party’s National Headquarters after obtaining the form for the former Governor, Senator Tijjani Yahaya Ƙaura who represented Zamfara North Senatorial District in the 8th Assembly disclosed that it has always been the desire of Hon. Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar to put in his best in nation building.
According to him, the aspiration of the former Governor was further fuelled by the fact that he has been a grassroots party man, who rose through the ranks to became Secretary and Chairman of a National Party in his State as well as National Financial Secretary respectively.
He said if competence, capacity and capability to deliver at any given situation are ingredients for successful leadership, APC at national level needs Honorable Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar as its National Chairman at this point in time.
Senator Tijjani Yahaya Ƙaura explained that as a two term State Executive Governor as well as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum who was a founding member of APC has all it takes to get the party out of its present woes.
Also commenting, Zamfara State APC Chairman of the former Governor’s faction, Honorable Lawal M. Liman Ƙaura described it as another milestone in APC history, saying it reflects the wishes of the majority of its members nationwide.
Liman re-affirmed that delegates to the Party’s National Convention will not regret their action if they vote the former Governor as National Chairman, adding that he has a midas touch on leadership issue, stressing that in no small time he will re-invigorate APC.
He therefore called on members of the Party across Nigeria to give Honorable Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar a chance to lead them by voting him enmasse in the forthcoming Party’s National Convention slated for March 26, 2022.