Dukku agog as PDP Flags-off gubernatorial campaign


…governorship candidate unveils plans to move Gombe forward to next level of development

By Abu-Ubaida Ibrahim Kuna, Gombe, Nigeria



The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has flagged off its campaign in Dukku Local Government in Gombe State. Party faithful in their thousands came out to witness the ceremony.

Dignitaries present at the flag-off ceremony in Dukku include Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo (Talban Gombe), former governor of Gombe state and leader of the PDP in Gombe state, Senator Usman Bayero Nafada, director general of the PDP Campaign Management Team, Alhaji Ahmed Yayari, PDP national treasurer, Senator Abdullahi Idris Umar, Dr Abubakar Ali Gombe, Maj Gen Amnon Kwaskebe, PDP state Chairman and John Lazarus Yoriyo, former deputy governor of Gombe State.



Alhaji Muhammad Jibrin Barde, PDP gubernatorial candidate used the occasion to unveil his plans for Gombe, designed to save ‘the Jewel of the Savannah’ from drowning.


He said that the mandate of the good people of Gombe State has been stolen and the economy of the state is in serious danger and in need of rescue from total disintegration.



“One of the things at the top of my agenda is to safeguard the treasury of the state and build up a strong economy for the betterment of the good people of the state. I am committed to the establishment of the Educational Support Fund in order to uplift education of Gombe State citizens to world class standard’’, Alhaji Barde said at the flag-off event.



Alhaji Barde promised to invest in the agricultural sector by providing fertilizers, farming tools, capacity building and support funds to the local farmers in the State.


He also assured his teeming supporters in Dukku and Gombe State in general on his plans to provide potable water supply across all nooks and crannies of the state.



The flag-off event also witnessed the presence of former senators, members house of representatives, commissioners, advisers, members of the state house of assembly and all senatorial, House of Representatives candidates and members of the State House of Assembly who are members of the PDP, billed to contest the general elections in 2023.