Adamawa LG poll: We’ll sweep all chairmanship positions, PDP vows
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa has vowed to clinch all the chairmanship positions across the 21 Local Government Areas in the state.
Mr Tahir Shehu, state chairman of the party made the vow before newsmen in Yola.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the Adamawa Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC), has scheduled July 13 for the conduct of the local government councils elections in the state.
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Shehu said that the party was gender sensitive and had supporters at the grassroots and in the National Assembly.
“PDP is rooted in Adamawa, we have three senators, seven out of eight members of the House of Representatives and we are ruling the state for the second term.
“And also PDP is gender sensitive that is why our deputy governor is a female”, he said.
According to him, if women were entrusted they are honest and can deliver, and that i why they are the highest when it comes to vote.
He added that the present administration in the state was also providing dividends of democracy for all irrespective of political differences.
He further congratulated residents of the state and Nigerians at large for the 25 years of uninterrupted democracy.
He noted that within the last 25 years, Nigeria had recorded lots of development in the area of health, education, transportation and other infrastructural development among others.
