Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi Mahmuda Aliyu Shinkafi was a former deputy governor of the state under Yarima for eight years and later became governor between and — thus setting record to be the first deputy governor to serve two terms — and also the first deputy governor to succeed his boss as governor.
During his four years tenure, Shinkafi initiated many development projects in the state. Inclusive are many of the roads revoked, re-awarded and completed by Yari. Shinkafi, despite losing to Yari in is now a crowd-puller responsible for recent growing influence of the PDP in Zamfara state. This is resulting from the maintenance of his political structures, despite loss of election in The former governor is currently the most liked politician in Zamfara state and this may go a long way in paving way for his victory in the elections as the people as anxiously yearning for him to return due to his humane disposition.
The young Shinkafi is running for the third consecutive time for the exalted position of the governor of Zamfara state having run for the position in and So you find the Chief of Staff running left and right to do most of the running of the affairs of government. And the governor is so simple and mild that people ride over him. That is why if something is going wrong the chief of staff will have the phone calls.
So this is why people see me in everything in the state simply because we lack the committed people. By my military background, loyalty is percent, and that is why I am loyal to the Shinkafi administration percent. So why now the misunderstanding between you people and the old PDP members? You know the governor was invited to PDP in January And after due consultations the governor agreed and he gladly accepted their offer and joined the PDP because of the wranglings and crises in ANPP.
After he agreed to join the PDP the governor set up to see how we can come up with a vibrant and cohesive PDP in Zamfara State that will accommodate all, both the old and new members. Before we joined PDP there were factions within it. We have tried to do justice to them.
So the party positions have been shared We have done justice to them because we have the machineries. They cannot move. So the Mahmuda administration has done justice to them, giving them percent party positions, appointed a commissioner for water resources among them, appointed a commissioner for youth and development from their camp, appointed a commissioner for revenue generation also from them, appointed special advisers, special assistants just to build the party together.
So it is not true to say now that the old PDP members do not accept the new structure. Bala Mande from the old PDP is with us percent. Has the former governor really reconciled with the incumbent as it is being widely speculated? A lot has been said in the newspapers that the two have reconciled. Just like me, Yerima and Mahmuda are not enemies.
But political differences emerged for Mahmuda to leave the ANPP because Yerima and his people were trying to show Mahmuda that they were the architects of his becoming the governor. Mahmuda was even threatened not to be given a ticket for second term. They openly said they would deal with him. How can you deal with the governor? Recently, there were a lot of things that happened. Now Yerima is desperate to reconcile with Mahmuda because they have taken us to court, they have said nasty things against the government.
On realizing that the elections are around the corner, Yerima now sent a lot of people to beg Mahmuda to forgive him because he knows he cannot stand the test of time. There is no genuine reconciliation between the two unless Yerima and Mahmud come together with their own people to discuss the problems between the two camps. We know the problems.
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