{"id":177915,"date":"2025-09-08T16:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership"},"modified":"2025-09-08T18:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:17:16","slug":"apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership","title":{"rendered":"APC Victory in Kaduna Driven by Merit-Based Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has credited his administration\u2019s inclusive and merit-based governance for the All Progressives Congress (APC) historic win in the Chikun Federal Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during an interview with TVC Television, the governor said the constituency, long considered a stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had never before voted for the APC since Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me draw attention to the fact that in the history of APC, we\u2019ve never won election in Chikun Federal Constituency. It was always PDP that won the election since 1999. Only two years ago, Labour Party won that federal constituency. But the member died. That was why we had the bye-election and this time around APC won 70% of the total votes,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Sani emphasized that the win was a result of his administration\u2019s approach to governance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I can tell you the reason why you are seeing these changes in Kaduna is simply because of our approach to governance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that the APC candidate won with 34,580 votes, while the PDP candidate trailed with 11,491 votes.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also expressed concern over political debates that focus on religious or ethnic demographics instead of leadership quality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was sitting few days ago and I heard some people in your studio talking about the number of Muslims and Christians in Kaduna. For me it was unfortunate. It was unnecessary. As a leader, we don\u2019t run our state based on religion, based on party affiliation, or based on ethnic affiliation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Since taking office, Governor Sani said his administration has prioritized fairness, justice, and equity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has credited his administration\u2019s inclusive and merit-based governance for the All Progressives Congress (APC) historic win in the Chikun Federal Constituency. Speaking during an interview with TVC Television, the governor said the constituency, long considered a stronghold of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had never before voted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":177913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[34,96,254],"class_list":["post-177915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-apc","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>APC Victory in Kaduna Driven by Merit-Based Leadership - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has credited his administration\u2019s inclusive and merit-based governance for the All Progre ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"APC Victory in Kaduna Driven by Merit-Based Leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has credited his administration\u2019s inclusive and merit-based governance for the All Progre ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-08T15:55:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-08T17:17:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757339425.065411.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"APC Victory in Kaduna Driven by Merit-Based Leadership\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-08T15:55:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-08T17:17:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership\"},\"wordCount\":298,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1757339425.065411.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"APC\",\"Kaduna\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apc-victory-in-kaduna-driven-by-merit-based-leadership\",\"name\":\"APC Victory in Kaduna Driven by Merit-Based Leadership - 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