Kano: No fewer than 500 members of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from Fagge and Ungogo Local Government Areas of Kano State have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The Managing Director of the Hadejia-Jam’are River Basin Development Authority, Rabiu Bichi, received the defectors on Wednesday.
According to News Agency of Nigeria, Bichi stated that their move reflected the growing confidence in President Bola Tinubu’s leadership and APC’s progressive vision. He emphasized that APC’s development-oriented policies were attracting Nigerians, citing the defection of some governors as a testament to the party’s strength.
Bichi assured the new members of equal opportunities and integration into APC, saying that no member would be marginalized. He highlighted the APC-led government’s visionary policies on food security and economic growth, insisting that Hadejia-Jam’are River Basin’s modern irrigation techniques aligned with Tinubu’s food security agenda.
The former APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, was represented by the Kano State APC Chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, who commended the defectors for joining APC. The Kano Central APC Chairman, Alhaji Shehu Ungogo, mentioned that Tinubu’s policies had boosted Nigeria’s economy, restoring public confidence in APC.