By Shuaibu Usman Muhammad
A pressure group in Nasarawa State, the Nasarawa APC Compatriots, has urged Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State to tilt towards leaving a result-oriented legacy that would advance his governance sustainability after office, calling on him to anoint Dr. Faisal Shuaib, a world-renowned medical practitioner, as his successor.
In a lengthy open letter to Gov. Sule on Monday signed by Jibrin Adamu Usman and made available to newsmen, appraised the technocratic competencies, leadership visibility and sterling achievements of Dr. Shuaib in various fields such as education, healthcare support, human capital development among others.
The group from Nasarawa LGA of the state believes that anointing Dr. Shuaib as the candidate of the ruling APC would ensure political balancing in the state, noting that the Nasarawa/Toto Federal Constituency is the only federal constituency out of the five in the state that is yet to produce a governor.
The group hailed Sule’s governance posture, describing it as one that would remain indelible to the future generations.
It added that Dr. Shuaib has already established his support base across the state, maintaining that the electorate should rally round the governor to ensure an all-inclusive development for all devoid of selfish desires.
Our correspondent reports that APC stakeholders from the western senatorial zone have been engaging in intense consultations with prominent political actors from the zone ahead of the general elections in 2027.
In less than a fortnight, three meetings were convened led by the former governor of the state and a one-time National Chairman of the ruling APC, Sen. Abdullahi Adamu.
The latest in the series of political engagement was held on Sunday, which had many critical stakeholders from the zone in attendance, including Dr. Shuaib, an immediate past Executive Director of the National Primary Health Care Development Agency.
Nasarawa Newsline reliably gathered that the meeting harped on a consensus agreement for a mutually acceptable decision on who to fly the party’s flag under the APC in the forthcoming election successfully.
Nasarawa West Senatorial Zone is clamoring for a powershift to the district, having shifted since 2007 to the southern and northern zones of the state.
Though, some aspirants are yet to make public their aspirations for the gubernatorial position.
However, from pre-election strategies observed by Nasarawa Newsline Sen. Ahmed Wadada Aliyu, senator representing the zone, Dr. Musa Ahmed Mohammed, the State Accountant-General, Engr. Mohammed Sani Haruna, former Executive Vice Chairman of National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, Arch. Shehu Ahmed Tukur, 2023 candidate of the APC for the Nasarawa West senatorial seat among a handful of others, are gunning for the number-one seat in the state.