Ahead of March 11 governorship election in Kaduna state, Action Democratic Party (ADP) flag-bearer in the state, Alhaji Mahmoud Sani Sha’aban, has promised to be accountable to God and people of the state, if elected.
Addressing a one-on-one hybrid policy dialogue on his plan for the state facilitated by Partnership for Issues-Based Campaign in Nigeria (PICaN), Legal Awareness for Nigeria Women (LAWN) with support from ActionAid Nigeria and Partnership to Engage, Reform and Learn (PERL/FCDO), Sha’aban said having been persistent in his determination to govern Kaduna state, he can help residents of the state to have a first-hand experience of good governance.
“People have been asking me to come and lead them. I will govern Kaduna state under the fear of God knowing that whatever I do, God is seeing me even when humans are not. Where I’m not supposed to keep what is not mine, where I suppose to pay Paul what belongs to Paul and Peter what belongs to Peter. I’m a trained accountant and successful economist. I will make sure people collect their pensions and entitlements as often as they are due for them. There are areas where human capital development has been forgotten that need intervention.
“You have roads, but there are no people to ply the roads because many of them are jobless. Economic activities are killed. We need to create small and medium-scale industries because they are the key driver of the economy. We will create means of livelihood, and employment opportunities for our teeming youth coming out from school every year. Our administration will stand firm on consolidation of the existing good developments, innovation, and confirming what needs to be confirmed instead of probing.”