The governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda yesterday at the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) North-East women rally, made a promise to deliver the zone to the incumbent president at the April polls. Mr Yuguda in his address at the event said the party is working hard to ensure that women are adequately mobilised to participate in the elections.
The governor said, “We will give Jonathan 100 per cent votes in the north east zone, even our votes during the recent PDP Presidential primary is a proof. Jonathan has a humble background, he is well educated and he is a man of experience having been a deputy governor, a governor and now a president.” Speaking at the event which took place at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Square, Bauchi, the First lady, Patience Goodluck Jonathan, called on women in the zone to come out en mass and vote for the Goodluck Jonathan/Sambo ticket at the April elections. The rally, which attracted women from the geo-political zone had the wives of the PDP candidates in the six north eastern states; Borno, Yobe, Taraba, Adamawa, Gombe, and Bauchi, as well as the wife of the Senate President, Mrs Helen Mark, the wife of the Vice President, Amina Sambo and several women leaders in attendance.
The president’s wife appealed to women in the north east to ensure that they vote for PDP as it had promised 35 per cent women participation in political appointments. “The president has also promised to carry us along in every appointment if we vote the government into power,” she told the women. “PDP has the highest number of candidates who have promised better deal for Nigerian women.” “I want to also appeal to you women in the north-east to go from house to house, street to street and community to community and appeal to your husbands and other women to come out and vote for President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi Sambo at the forthcoming April elections,” she added..
The highlight of the event was the official decamping of 1,000 women from other political parties to the ruling party ,they were received by the PDP National Women leader, Hajia Inna Ciroma who promised to work tirelessly to see to the victory of the Jonathan/Sambo team.
