Director-general of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Council and governor of Sokoto State Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has said if the party’ presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, is voted into office, the PDP will work conscientiously to address insecurity in many parts of the country and fast track its economic development.
He said this would enable Sokoto State, which has many solid minerals in commercial quantity to venture into their extraction for the prosperity of its people.
Tambuwal spoke yesterday at Kebbe town of Kebbe local government area during the ongoing statewide campaign by the PDP.
The governor, who said the exploration of gold found in the council had been hampered by the preponderance of banditry, kidnapping and other sundry criminalities, expressed the confidence that if the PDP clinches the presidency, it will roll back the ugly trend and pave the way for the smooth extraction of the precious metal.
He said, “I want to assure you that if not for the challenges of insecurity, gold extraction would have since commenced in this local government area.
“Sokoto Investment Company is in possession of the requisite licenses that authorise it to unearth mineral resources found in parts of the state, including gold.
“I, therefore, urge you to vote for Atiku Abubakar. God willing, he would restore peace and all the mineral resources here in Kebbe would be dug up,” the governor said.
