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We are going to change APC in Yobe—Dr. Jibrin
We are going to change APC in Yobe—Dr. Jibrin.
By: Yahaya Wakili
A gubernatorial aspirant in 2027 of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Yobe State, Ambassador Dr. Mohammed Jibrin (Turakin Arewa), has said that we are going to change the APC in 2027 in Yobe State, Inshallah.
Dr. Jibrin revealed this while answering questions from the newsmen shortly after he attended the meeting of the Movement Tafiyar Matasa Yobe Zone B held at Federal College of Education (Technical), Multi-Purpose Hall, Potiskum.
He said it is high time for the youths now to take over the leadership of the country and Yobe State from the present old leaders, adding that in 1966, when Yakubu Gowon took over the country as a military leader, his age was not more than 35 years, and if you look at the leaders of the democracy of this country now from 1999 to date, all the elected presidents have been from 60 up to 70 to 80 years old.
“When Buhari took over the country as an elected president, his age was almost over 70 years, and also look at the present president, His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who is now up to 75 to 80 years old, so we need youths in this government now.” Dr. Jibrin said.
Dr. Jibrin maintained that we have a lot of youths in Yobe State. Let’s say if you go round within the Potiskum metropolitan area, I think we have more than 10,000 graduates now. After they are finished with their NYSC, they are not getting any jobs, maybe at the federal level, or state level, or local government level. So we have a lot of youths who have the capacity and the certificate, but they cannot have access to employment now.
He said the government of Mai Mala Buni is a failure because, look at the Commissioner of Youth; his age is more than 50 years now, so we need someone from 25 years and above to be the commissioner of that ministry of youth.
“The government of His Excellency, Governor Mai Mala Buni CON, for me, is not doing well. Go to my local government, Yusufari. Last year in August, there was a heavy flood of rain, and more than 200 households were vacated from their houses, and up to now, the government cannot take any action about the flood victims.”
“This governor Buni’s administration is fairly good from what I can see, from what I access from all over the 17 local government areas of the state. I was born in Yobe State. I have gone round all 17 local government areas; therefore, I have so many things to say about Yobe politics. We are going to change them in the 2027 general elections,” he said.
According to Turakin Arewa, we have a lot of challenges, we have a lot of problems, and there is a lot of corruption within the government, adding that, to his knowledge, for more than about 2 to 3 years, the Yobe state government has not even paid the scholarships within the tertiary institutions outside the Yobe state capital.
We are going to change APC in Yobe—Dr. Jibrin