The gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party in Kaduna state, Hon. Jonathan Asake, has described the state as epicenter of insecurity in the North, while promising to provide effective leadership and address the spate of insecurity if elected come 2023.
Addressing an interactive session with the Political Committee of the Nigerian Labour Congress Kaduna state council at the council secretariat, as part of the NLC’s engagements with gubernatorial candidates of political parties, Asake said apart from security, his administration will create employment opportunities for the teeming youth, ensure inclusive economic and infrastructural development, as well as youth and women empowerment.
The Labour Party gubernatorial candidate, who decried the retrenchment of teachers and local government workers by the Governor Nasir el-Rufai administration “on the pretense of lack of capacity”, said rather than sack the workers, they should have been re-trained and have their capacity rebuilt to the required level.
“We are out to give effective leadership to resolve the challenges facing Kaduna state. Kaduna is the epicenter of insecurity which radiates to other states surrounding it like Katsina, Zamfara, Niger, Nasarawa and Plateau states which all suffer insecurity. The first thing to do if we assume office is to tackle insecurity and we believe it would achieve many things. Schools, have closed down, businesses have closed down, investors have taken their capital out of Kaduna, we will address that.
“We will create job opportunities for our teeming unemployed youths, inclusive economic and infrastructural development, youth and abd women empowerment are all top on our agenda. The retrenchment of teachers and local government workers that have taken place on the pretense of
lack of capacity, instead of retrenching them, there should have been human capital development for them, using Kaduna state resources to develop their capacity and build them up.”
Chairman of Nigerian Labour Congress, Kaduna state council, Comrade Ayuba Magajin Suleiman, in his remarks said the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate is at home as their party candidate.
“He is the candidate of our party, the Labour Party. This is homecoming for him because it’s family affair, but his being here does not stop us from interacting with the candidate of other parties.
“NLC formed the Political Committee to engage and interact with the five governorship candidates in Kaduna state. We want to know what their programmes are, what their plans are and what they have for the people of Kaduna state and the especially the workers,” he said.
