The 2023 governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party in Gombe State, Khamisu Mailantarki on Saturday joined the Peoples Democratic Party.
Mailantarki’s move comes after three months since his resignation from NNPP as he didn’t join another party.
Speaking at the party secretariat during his reception ceremony, Mailantarki said he joined PDP to help foster the chances of the party, adding that his entrance would help the main opposition party unseat the All Progressives Congress administration in the state in 2027.
Mailantarki decried unfavourable APC led government policies at both federal and state levels, adding that they have failed woefully in delivering good governance.
“PDP is the only strong party capable of seizing power from the APC, the reason for my decision to join it after quitting NNPP,” Mailantarki said.
While lambasting Gombe State Governor Muhammadu Yahaya, Mailantarki added, “Some of his administration’s uncompassionate policies such as revoking of lands titles and compelling civil servants to undergo biometric registration everyday at their workplaces, failure of which they are not eligible for salary payment are unacceptable.”
The former gubernatorial candidate noted that it was unfair to force workers, “to go to work five times a day under this period of economic hardship without commensurate salary,” he added.
On his part, PDP Gombe State chairman Abner Kwaskebe, who received the governorship candidate commended Mailantarki’s bold step.
“Mailantarki’s defection is a huge success for the party and we promise all members level playing ground,” he added.
Thanx for the effort, keep up the good work Great work, I am going to start a small Blog Engine course work using your site I hope you enjoy blogging with the popular BlogEngine.net.Thethoughts you express are really awesome. Hope you will right some more posts.