2023: Be Calm, Peaceful During Elections, Mailantarki Tasks Gombe Youths
…Urges Voters To Collect PVCs, Vote For NNPP At All Levels
The gubernatorial candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, in Gombe State, Khamisu Ahmed Mailantarki, has called on youths and residents in the state to remain calm and peaceful during the forthcoming general elections.
He made the call while speaking at the NNPP campaign rally in Kumo, headquarters of Akko Local Government Area (LGA).
He also called on the youths to avoid politicians and parties sponsoring thugs and promoting thuggery in the state.
He added that, the state is already going through a lot and the situation demands the youths and other citizens to rethink and focus on what will make Gombe a better state.
He said, “We must reject them and give them back their weapons and ask them to take the weapons to their children to come out and fight for them.
“We already have our weapons which are our thumbs and Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) which we will be using to bring them down.
“We have to focus on providing job opportunities for our youths, work on the agricultural sector, our education, health, and others which I am here for.
“The provision of fertiliser and every other good thing are now histories in Gombe, almost all the developments that we have in Gombe are all from the previous governments and nothing to show from this current administration, therefore, we all have to come together and wrestle for our state.”
Mailantarki had been appealing for calm and peaceful conduct before, during, and after the 2013 general elections.
The NNPP Governorship candidate also called on residents and people in the state to vote for credible candidates with the capacity to change the look of things in the state.
He added, “We cannot continue to look at our parents and children going through a lot to sponsor our youths and children to school due to the lack of scholarships, I assure you that we are committed to addressing this and other challenges bedeviling our state.”
He promised to pay for the West African Examination Council (WAEC), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Examination Council (NECO) fees for students in the state.
He further urged people who have registered as voters in the state to collect their PVCs and come out en-masse to vote for NNPP at all levels on election day.
