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The Sardauna of Ikulu kingdom in Kaduna, Alhaji Ismail Yusuf Ashafa, has called on Kaduna residents to vote the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Senator Uba Sani as governor in 2023.
Sarduana who doubled as an assistant director in the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) Abuja said he is confident that Senator Sani will build on the achievements and legacy of the incumbent governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, once he succeeds him.
He recalled that Senator Sani was part of the elrufai's administration in 2015 and he has the capacity and experience to take kaduna to the next level. "Senator Uba's immediate priority will be to sustain the current level of Governor El-Rufai's achievements and build on them to advance the development of Kaduna State,"he added.
Reacting to the growing calls and agitation by Kaduna residents on Senator Sani to pick him(Ashafa) as his running mate, due to on his natural intelligence and philanthropic activities, Ashafa said his major focus is on working to ensure that the Senator succeeds Mallam el-rufai as the governor, adding that, "leadership is crowned and destined by only God and once it is your time to be a leader, you will be. We are all APC from top to bottom and we will contiue to support distingushed senator Uba Sani."
When asked whether it was his philanthropic contribution towards development of Kaduna and capacity building that went unnoticed and led to his call to serve as runing mate to the lawmaker, Alhaji Ashafa said '' people have been actualy calling on senator Uba Sani to pick me as his runing mate. I as a person i have never contested any position and i had no such plan. I believe leadereship is crowned by God and once it is your time to be a leader. Most of the people making the call are actually saying I have been good to all and sundary, but for me as a person, i have not done anything different from how a human being is supposed to behave. I believe if God blesses you, it should not remain within you and your imidiate family, the blessing is supposed to be for everyone. Let everyone feel the impact of you in your society. if you keep good things to yoursel alone, it means you don't appreciate God.
"Even as a person cannot remember particularly what are some of those things that people say i do that they talk about that i have done, but the only thing i know is that if people are appreciatiing what i do, then it its is an encouragement that i should do more. And if any opportunity presents itself, i will do better.
"For me i only belive that if it is my time, it will come and if its not, i will support whoever God destined it to be . because Kaduna state is beyond an individual and beyond any other person. The development of the state is of collective intrest and this people, that is their intrest. But as far as its for the better of kaduna, I'm ready to support who so ever it is, as far as the movement is for Uba sani," Ashafa assured.
It will be recalled that a among those calling Senator Sani to consider picking Alhaji Ashafa as running mate is a Pressure group, known as Southern Kaduna Progressive Youth who described him as a man of proven integrity from the axis.
The Chief Convener of the Group, Barrister Henry Jenom, who made the call during a press conference in Kaduna on Wednesday outlined philanthropy and peace building efforts as some of the qualities that Alhaji Ismail Yusuf Ashafa is known for which include empowerment of women and Youth.
Barrister Jenom said if Ashafa is given the chance to run a joint ticket with Senator Uba Sani, it would lead to a landslide victory and Kaduna State would witness tremendous development.
Barrister Jenom said other areas that have stood Alhaji Ashafa out is the fact that he is a bridge builder as he holds traditional titles in both Ikulu Chiefdom and Lere Emirate bearing the title ‘Cigarin Saminaka’, as a technocrat, he has risen through the ranks in the civil service up to the directorate level at the Federal Capital Development Authority, FCDA.
Anthony Samuel.
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