Jigawa: Gov. Badaru boasts of fulfilling 95% of campaign promises
Governor Muhammad Badaru of Jigawa has boasted of his achievements, stating that he has fulfilled 94.8 per cent of his campaign promises.
“This is in addition to many others we are still doing not asked for, so it is exactly 94.8 per cent,” Mr Badaru said during the conferment of an award of excellence bestowed on him by the Hadejia Emirate Peoples’ Forum on Monday in Hadejia.
He said that people of the area requested 35 projects during his electioneering campaign, out of which 33 had been delivered.
“And we have about one-year left, we will try as much as possible to complete the remaining two projects that we had an agreement on, this is in addition to so many others that we have done,” he said.
Mr Badaru, however, expressed gratitude to the Hadejia Emirate Council and the people for the honour bestowed on him.
In his remarks, the chairman of the forum, Baidi Muhammad, thanked the governor for redeeming his pledge to the people.
Also speaking, Kashufu Abdullahi, Director-General, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), also commended the governor for being youth-friendly.
(NAN)
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