{"id":63512,"date":"2022-04-21T15:02:23","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/katsina-senator-representing-buharis-senatorial-district-dumps-apc-for-pdp-blasts-masari"},"modified":"2022-04-21T16:48:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T15:48:46","slug":"katsina-senator-representing-buharis-senatorial-district-dumps-apc-for-pdp-blasts-masari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/katsina-senator-representing-buharis-senatorial-district-dumps-apc-for-pdp-blasts-masari","title":{"rendered":"Katsina: Senator representing Buhari\u2019s senatorial district dumps APC for PDP, blasts Masari"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Katsina North Senator, Ahmed Babba Kaita, has defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n

Kaita explained that he joined the PDP because the party represents his \u201cideals\u201d as a representative of the people.<\/p>\n

He accused the state Governor, Aminu Masari, of \u201cwillful refusal\u201d to preserve the basic foundation of democracy and of marginalising critical stakeholders in the party.<\/p>\n

President Muhammadu Buhari is from Daura, one of the local government areas under Kaita.<\/p>\n

A statement by Kaita\u2019s aide, Abdulkadir Lawal, reads partly: \u201cOf notable implication among many of these numerous concerns is the gradual loss of credibility in Governor Masari-led administration, particularly in the avowed refusal to conduct local government elections across the state in time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lawmaker lamented that the people of his constituencies excused deprivation, poverty, and hunger for too long.<\/p>\n

He accused Masari\u2019s administration of refusing to uphold the basic foundation of democracy and marginalizing critical stakeholders in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenator Ahmad Babba Kaita is not a bandwagon politician. His exemplary and robust representation in the Nigerian Senate is to the admiration of all, and with significant, visible impacts in the areas of infrastructural and human capital development across the three Senatorial zones of the state. There is room to do more,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fresh page from the decision to join the Peoples\u2019 Democratic Party represents the ideals of representativeness in the mandate, goodwill and an even more determined desire and opportunity to provide succour, comfort and the much-needed dividends of democracy to the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Katsina North Senator, Ahmed Babba Kaita, has defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Kaita explained that he joined the PDP because the party represents his \u201cideals\u201d as a representative of the people. 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