The gubernatorial candidate of the African People’s Alliance, APA, in Kaduna State, Mustapha Othman Bakano, has explained that the only way to ensure lasting peace in the state is for government to establish a security arrangement that will ensure the safety of the citizenry.

Speaking with DAILY POST in Kaduna, the gubernatorial candidate said, “We need to identify ourselves as a people and get a data management collection that will give a clearer picture of who we are as a people, and what are we doing in order to come up with people oriented programmes that will have direct bearing in their lives?

“The citizens must be taken out of poverty and ensure that they are not hungry by establishing cottage industries in each local government arear in the state that will give them a sense of belonging and serve as a base of engagement and means of their livelihood.”

He added that government must be ready to provide the people with some insentives that would take idleness away from their lives by ensuring they are engaged all the times.

He added, “Government must look for ways to assist the people in order to engage them in productive ventures that will enhance productivity and take them away from idleness that affects productivity and encourage all forms of social vices in the state.”

Speaking on the party leadership in the state, the gubernatorial candidate said that the party was facing challenges, saying that the state chairman of the party, Engr. Idris Musa has been suspended due to anti-party activities.

He added that in spite of the challenges the party was facing, it has announced itself in the state, stressing that financial challenges have affected the party to widen its scope at the ward and the 23 local government areas in the state.

Set featured image“We need a conducive environment that will take us into meaningful programmes that will give us a sense of belonging and in turns take us out of hunger which l strongly believe is the cause of insecurity in the state,” he assured.

Source: http://dailypost.ng/2019/02/20/governorship-candidate-suggests-ways-ensuring-peace-kaduna/

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