A 25-member committee has been inaugurated by the Governorship Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara to coordinate the reception of defectors into the party in the state.
The party, in a statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the state APC Publicity Secretary, Malam Yusuf Idris said that the committee became necessary to cater for the increasing number of new entrants into the APC from other political parties in the state.
“The APC has continuously received defectors since the commencement of the campaign, which further increased with the peace and unity attained by all members of the party in the state.
“Zamfara people have also been faithful to the APC with the confidence they have in the Matawalle-led administration, especially in the fight against armed banditry, which hitherto threatened development in the state,” Idris said.
The committee is to be Chairman by the former Minister of State Foreign Affairs. Sen. Tijjani Yahaya-Kaura, the Federal Commissioner, National Population Commission (NPC) in charge of the state, Alhaji Muhammad Muttaqa-Rini, who will serve as its Secretary as well as Yahaya-Kaura doubles as Director-General, APC Governorship Campaign Council in the state.
Other members of the committee include: Amb. Abubakar Hussaini-Moriki, Prof. Abdullahi Muhammad Shinkafi and the State APC Chairman, Alhaji Tukur Umar Danfulani, Former State APC Chairman, Alhaji Lawali Liman and former Attorney General of the state, Alhaji Muhammad Sani-Takori, among others..
