The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa state, North-Central Nigeria, has continued its campaign rally to canvass for votes in the western zone of the state.
Speaking at the campaign in Kokona local government area of the state, the PDP gubernatorial candidate, Mr. David Ombugadu promised to empower women, prioritize wealth creation through youths, and agriculture to lift people out of poverty, if elected in the 2023 general elections.
The PDP’s governorship candidate also said he would build an international market for the exportation of agricultural products and sports complexes for youths to encourage sports development.
He further promised to take advantage of the fertile lands and the agrarian nature of the state to diversify into commercial agriculture, and also open up rural roads for easy transportation of farm products.
“Zero poverty and hunger is number one in sustainable development goals, so our government will prioritize youth and women empowerment to enhance their economic growth.
“We will open up roads, build an international market to export your farm products.
“So, we are soliciting your support, and also count on you to vote for all the PDP candidates,” said Ombugadu.
Director General of the PDP campaign council in the state, Mr. Labaran Maku, said Nigeria needed change, given the prevalent situations of hardship and insecurity Nigerians have been facing since 2015.
According to him, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has failed Nigerians.
Maku, a one-time Minister of Information and Culture and briefly a supervising minister of Defence, said despite the N14 billion given to Nasarawa state in the last four years as a security vote, there was no peace.
“That is why Nasarawa state needs to change the most.
“Women should not sell their votes, and they should not allow themselves to be used by anybody in the guise of exchanging their Permanent Voters’ Card for a loan.
“It’s a ploy to disenfranchise you.
“All the major projects the APC claimed to have done were initiated by the PDP government.
“The PDP government built secondary schools more than any other government in the state.
“Federal University, Lafia was built by PDP, and so also the federal Secretariat.
“Special forces base in Doma was built by PDP, I signed the memo when I was a minister of Defence.
“In four years the APC led-administration in Nasarawa state only commissioned 2 motor parks: one in Lafia and another in Karu,” he boasted.
