{"id":3916,"date":"2019-02-04T17:53:33","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T17:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2019-02-04T17:53:33","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T17:53:33","slug":"what-atiku-secondus-said-in-zamfara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/what-atiku-secondus-said-in-zamfara","title":{"rendered":"What Atiku, Secondus said in Zamfara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, has promised to improve security in Zamfara if voted into office in the Feb. 16 presidential election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-4\" data-google-query-id=\"CNjgibDSouACFRWhewodnzoO5g\">\n<p>Atiku, who was in Zamfara on Monday for his presidential campaign, also promised to revamp the Bakolori Dam and put it to effective use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout peace, there won\u2019t be farming activities, no businesses and people cannot even practice their religious beliefs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5\" data-google-query-id=\"CNngibDSouACFRWhewodnzoO5g\">\n<p>\u201cEven though agriculture is the mainstay of the people of the state, farming has virtually been banned by bandits in the state and this situation needs to be put to an end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen this is fully taken care of, we will then support the farmers with modern tools and seeds so that businesses can resume in full force,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the people to vote for the PDP governorship candidate, Alhaji Bello Matawalle.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks, the party\u2019s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Inspector-General of Police to be impartial throughout the elections.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-20\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, has promised to improve security in Zamfara if voted into office in the Feb. 16 presidential election. Atiku, who was in Zamfara on Monday for his presidential campaign, also promised to revamp the Bakolori Dam and put it to effective use. \u201cWithout peace, there won\u2019t be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1322,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[316,173,65,150],"class_list":["post-3916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","tag-atiku","tag-parties","tag-pdp","tag-zamfara"],"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>What Atiku, Secondus said in Zamfara - Nigeria<\/title>\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\/all-news\/what-atiku-secondus-said-in-zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What Atiku, Secondus said in Zamfara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, has promised to improve security in Zamfara if voted into office in the Feb. 16 presidential election. 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