A one-time Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria Incentive-Based Risks Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), Alhaji Aliyu Abbati Abdulhameed, has formally declared his intention to contest the Adamawa Central Senatorial seat on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Alhaji Aliyu Adbulhameed disclosed this during an interactive session with journalists in Yola, Adamawa State capital, on Sunday.
While pledging to provide people-oriented representation at the National Assembly, he said, he is offering himself for the Senate in the forthcoming general election, and appeals to the electorate to rally round him.
He said, “I am not going to the Senate (Abuja) to warm a seat and keep it warm, I am going there to work, to legislate, to advocate, to negotiate, to attract projects and to make the federal government more visible in Adamawa state”.
According to him, “Adamawa central senatorial district is blessed with history, location, people, enterprise, farmland, waterways, intellect, and most importantly, strategic relevance, yet too many of their communities are still burdened by flooding, unemployment, and weak infrastructure, among others”.
He emphasised the need for community self-sufficiency and for providing opportunities for women and young people to become self-reliant, and further promised to tackle poverty, promote agriculture, and address recurring farmer-herder clashes and their causes.
Speaking on agricultural transformation, the Senatorial aspirants promised to deploy their wealth of experience towards impacting the lives of their electorate based on their numerous achievements and legacy at NIRSAL.
Alhaji Aliyu Adbulhameed promised, if elected, to work closely with the Federal Ministry of Livestock Development and proposed measures to provide livelihood support, water supply, and rural infrastructure through quality legislation, lobbying, and motions in the red chamber.
He also pledged to collaborate with the Camerounian Government to manage water releases, address flooding caused by silted riverbeds, and create lateral channels to divert flood waters for irrigation purposes.
He expressed confidence in the party’s decision-making process for the primary or consensus, and assured that as a loyal party member, he cannot go against what their party decides, saying, “If we go to primaries, our prayer is that I become the winner”.
In his remarks, the Director General of the Abdulhameed Campaign Organisation and former Member of the Adamawa House of Assembly, Gombi Constituency, Japhet Kefas, was described as a detribalised, experienced leader who is equal to the task.
