Constituents Write INEC Over Recall Of Zamfara Lawmaker

A group, Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency Coalition for Sustainable Democracy has written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) demanding the recall of their representative in the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Sani Jaji.

In the letter by the coalition which was signed by its chairman, Hon Bello Mahmud Birnin Magaji and the secretary, Comrade Mustapha Ibrahim, said they were displeased with the poor representation of Jaji in the House of Representatives.

The group said it has resolved to recall him immediately so as not to further waste the remaining three years of the mandate given to him at a time the constituency needs security, social amenities and the dividends of democracy due to bandits’ siege of the area.In the letter titled: “Notice of Commencement of Recall Of Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji, Member Representing Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency Of Zamfara State In House Of Representatives on Account of Poor Representation,” which was addressed to INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the coalition said the “numerous complaints have been made against him on a daily basis by aggrieved and neglected members of the constituency as he abandoned them to their fate.

“All efforts to call him to order and the urgent need to interface with his constituents failed as he abandoned his constituency oblivion of the sufferings of the people who need effective representation, someone to highlight their plights and attract State and Federal solutions that will ameliorate their problems.

“Hon.Jaji’s political party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) at ward, local government and state levels equally intervened to no avail. As a political party that abhors poor leadership, the ward, local government and state chapters of the party suspended him accordingly….

“In view of Hon. Aminu Jaji’s very poor representation, we the good people of Kaura Namoda/Birnin Magaji Federal Constituency have resolved and strongly determined to recall him from the House of Representatives immediately to avoid further squander and fritter away of our mandate to him. We miscalculated in our choice of Hon. Jaji,” the constituents said.