BY OUR CORRESPONDENT – The Speaker of the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Haruna Aliyu Dangyatin, has declared that voting for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 general elections is a mandatory religious obligation for residents of the state.
Speaking on Saturday during the formal inauguration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential and governorship campaign council in the state capital of Dutse, the Speaker framed political alignment with the ruling party as a spiritual duty, citing the President’s Muslim faith, his Muslim running mate, Vice President Kashim Shettima, and support for the North.
Dangyatin said besides backing the re-election bid based on shared religious and regional identities, President Tinubu’s policy support for Northern Nigeria stands out as another justifications for his call, while his key role in facilitating former President Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence should also be reciprocated by the North.
He said, “Tinubu is our fellow Muslim and a leader who has the interests of Jigawa State at heart”, noting that although Jigawa was initially excluded from the President’s campaign itinerary, Tinubu would now visit the state. That is why we must vote for him and support the APC at all levels.”
On the ruling party’s preparations for next year’s general elections, Speaker Dangyatin, while expressing confidence in its strength, cited the coming together of former governors, senators and federal lawmakers in the APC, adding that the massive turnout demonstrates the APC’s broad support across Jigawa State.
With all eyes on the election and the campaign season intensifying, Dangyatin, who also coordinates the City Boy Movement in Jigawa, said the group is shifting its machinery from high-level strategy to the heartbeat of the grassroots.
According to him, the coming weeks will not just be on podiums, but in the quiet living rooms and bustling community squares of Jigawa where the group intends to weave the governance stories of Tinubu and Governor Namadi into the daily realities of everyday households.
He said the movement hopes to cultivate a groundswell of loyalty that blooms just in time for election day., adding: “We will take the City Boy Movement across Jigawa, going from house to house to tell the people what President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and our governor are doing.” – With NAN report
