Constituents Elect Dogara as PDP Candidate for 2019 Polls
Abuja, Nigeria News 4th October, 2018: The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has been elected by all the 325 delegates from the Bogoro/Dass/Tafawa-Balewa Federal Constituency in Bauchi State as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2019 general election.
All the delegates unanimously affirmed the Speaker as the sole candidate of the party during the party’s primaries held in Zwall town of Tafawa Balewa Local Government of the state Wednesday.
The Returning Officer of the party, Mrs Esther Ahmed-Kadala, who conducted the exercise, put a question to the respective delegates from the three local governments that make up the federal constituency and they unanimously answered in the affirmative.
Mrs Ahmed-Kadala, therefore, declared Dogara as the winner of the primary having been affirmed by all the delegates through voice affirmation.
She said that the constitution of the party provided that where there is a sole aspirant for any position, the delegates must affirm it through voice, hence the visit by the officials assigned to conduct the primary to do so.
She then commended the delegates for their orderly conduct during the primary just as she also congratulated the Speaker for earning the confidence of his constituents and wished him success in the 2019 general election.
The representative of the Speaker, Alhaji Mohammed Sadiq, expressed appreciation to the constituents for reposing confidence on him and said the Speaker would rededicate himself to the service of the country.
Sadiq noted that since he was elected to represent the constituency in 2007, the Speaker has ensured a holistic development of the entire areas through the provision of developmental infrastructure.
Of the delegates from the federal constituency, 115 were from Tafawa Balewa Local Government, while Bogoro and Dass Local Government had 105 each.
Contact Editor using editor@skytrendnews.com or call direct 0808 360 9209.
READ ALSO! More Nigerians Becoming Extremely Poor, 40% Of World’s Poorest To Live There And Congo By 2050
READ ALSO! More Nigerians Now Living In Extreme Poverty — International Labour Congress
READ ALSO! 10million More Nigerians Have Been Lifted From Poverty Under Buhari — Presidency Says
READ ALSO! Buhari Reacts To Boko Haram’s Threat To Kill Leah Sharibu
READ ALSO! More Nigerians Getting Killed, Getting Poorer, Hungrier Under Buhari’s Incompetent Regime — PDP
READ ALSO! 10million More Nigerians Have Been Lifted From Poverty Under Buhari — Presidency Says
READ ALSO! More Nigerians Travelling Out Due To Economic Hardship, Over 500,000 Since 2016
READ ALSO! The Smart CEO: Top 5 Websites To Get Cheap Domain Name Registration
READ ALSO! More Nigerians In Kano, Katsina Now Using Hard Drugs — Group Says
READ ALSO! More Nigerians Dying Hourly From Tuberculosis, 18 Every Hour — WHO
READ ALSO! Between GoDaddy And Namecheap: Making The Best Choice For Domain Name Registrar
READ ALSO! Nigeria Couples: Now You Can Know If Your Partner Is Cheating On You; SEE 11 SURE Ways
