A former Commissioner of Finance in Bauchi State and an upcoming Bauchi governorship aspirant for the 2023 election, Dr Nura Manu Soro has called on the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state to break the jinx of the centralization of power by zoning its gubernatorial position to the central zone of the state.
Dr Nura Soro made this known during a stakeholders meeting of Bauchi central senatorial district, held at the APC State Secretariat in the state.
The meeting was attended by prominent personalities from the zone including the Speaker of the Bauchi State House Assembly Abubakar Suleiman, serving and former legislators from National and State assemblies and other Political actors in the senatorial district.
The former commissioner explained that the facts indicate that since the creation of the state in 1976, only the Southern and Northern senatorial zones of the state have produced the six indigenous governors that have governed the state since its inception.
He said that the central zone have so much to contribute in building the state, pointing out that it is time for the people of the zone to be fully represented and engaged in all matters relating to governance.
“We must ensure that justice and fairness come to play in the zoning arrangement of governorship position of the state. This can only be achieved if we embrace the politics of unity and collective patriotism.
“Bauchi state is endowed with enormous raw materials that can meet up with the challenge of unemployment, but this only made possible if the right leadership is in place,” he said
He called on the national leadership of the party to provide a fair playing ground for all aspirants in the upcoming party congress across the country.
Earlier his remarks at the meeting, the Central Zonal Chairman of the Party Engr Zakari Dogo, said that the central zone has been sidelined and marginalized politically by stakeholders across the state, adding that the party decided to bring stakeholders from the zone to deliberate on the issue and how to change the narrative.
