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APC Frontline Guber Aspirant, Sunday Biggs gets nomination form

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Sunday Garba Biggs, a frontline gubernatorial aspirant for All Progressive Congress in Plateau state, has been described as the best amongst the rest by a support group known as the Plateau Unity Forum for Sunday Biggs (PUFFSB).

 

This was made known as the support group obtained and presented a Gubernatorial expression of interest/ nomination forms to Sunday Garba Biggs, Today at the Mangu NUT Hall, Plateau state.

 

The leader of the support group, Architect Jonathan Mancha while presenting the forms, said the gesture was due to the overall acceptance of Biggs candidature by the generality of Plateau people. He stated that taking a rundown of all the candidates, it was clear that Sunday Biggs was the better option as he has vast experience having served under three different Past Governors including the current state Governor, which has given him a clear advantage in understanding Governance.

 

Architect Mancha further stated that the state needs someone with the knowledge like that of Biggs as such to be given the opportunity to be the next chief servant of the State. He said that was why the group has taken the burden to purchase the forms after assisting in gathering the funds which were cumbersome.

 

Sunday Garba Biggs while responding after receiving the forms, appreciated the group and all who believed in his capacity to be elected come 2023 as the Governor of Plateau State.

 

“I am highly elated and very happy to have been presented with one of the major ingredients required in fulfillment of our aspirations. For a group of people to think it wise to take up the burden of getting a form for me, I am quite reassured that our victory is just by the corner.”

 

“The Bigg Things Comming Movement is not about me or any other individual but it is about group work, because we believe at this point Plateau deserves a youthful leadership, and the youths are rallying round to see that this victory is settled.” Sunday Biggs further stated.

 

Biggs further debunked the rumor that he was been sponsored by Plateau State Governor, Simon Bako Lalong aside from the support from his group. He said that at the age of 54, he has come of age to make decisions on his own, with the youths who he believes are solidly behind him.

 

The group earlier visited the palace of the paramount traditional ruler, the Mishkam Mwagavul, and was received by the President Mangu Traditional council, HRH Charles Mato Dakat, the Sum Pyem, and prayers were offered for Sunday Biggs and his team.

 

The formal presentation of the Gubernatorial expression of interest/ nomination forms to Sunday Garba Biggs at the Mangu NUT Hall also witnessed the presentation of campaign vehicles, funds and other campaign materials by individuals and supporters to the Bigg things coming campaign.

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Former Adamawa Speaker Mijinyawa resigns from APC over primary election

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The numerical strength of the Adamawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has continued to decline, with notable members leaving the party.

The latest defection involves a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Kabiru Mijinyawa.

Mijinyawa, who was Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly between 2015 and 2019 when APC’s Jibrilla Bindow was governor, represents Yola South Constituency in the House of Assembly, where he is a fourth-term lawmaker after first being elected in 2011.

In his letter of resignation from the APC, Mijinyawa blamed his decision on the conduct of the party’s House of Representatives primary, which he described as lacking fairness and transparency.

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“I can no longer associate myself with a process that I consider unjustifiable and contrary to the ideals of democracy,” he stated.

Mijinyawa had sought to move up the political ladder by contesting for a seat in the House of Representatives, but he lost the party’s primary election to a former Chief Executive of the Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Salihijo, a result he questioned in his resignation letter.

DAILY POST gathered on Monday that Mijinyawa is headed to the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), the party which gained ascendancy in the state towards the weekend after it was reported that a former APC governorship aspirant, Abdulrahman Haske, had joined the party and become its governorship candidate.

Some other APC members resigned earlier in the past week, leaving the party appearing to be in gradual decline ahead of the 2027 election.

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Taraba South Senator Jimkuta, PDP candidate clash over alleged N500m fund

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Senator representing Taraba South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, David Jimkuta, has denied allegations that he received N500 million earmarked for women’s empowerment programmes in the zone.

Jimkuta, through the Director-General of his campaign organisation, Garleya Gambo Suntai, described the allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Taraba South, Dr Jessy Adi Ashimate, as false, baseless and misleading.

Suntai, in a statement on Monday, said neither the government nor any organisation had at any time handed Jimkuta N500 million for women’s empowerment.

Ashimate had, during the commencement of his campaign at the weekend, accused the senator of allegedly withholding N500 million allocated for the empowerment of women across southern Taraba.

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According to the PDP candidate, N250 million was budgeted twice for the training and empowerment of women in the senatorial district through the senator.

“For the women in the southern zone, there was a budget of N250 million two times that was supposed to be used for your training through the senator. Was there any training?” Ashimate asked.

He further alleged that official records indicated that the project was ongoing despite what he described as the absence of the corresponding training programme.

Ashimate said he raised the issue to demand accountability over the management of public funds.

However, Suntai challenged the PDP candidate to produce evidence supporting his claim, including details of the alleged allocation and its disbursement.

“Everyone expected the PDP candidate for the southern senatorial district to come out and tell the people where the N500 million came from, when the money was released and his sources of information. He rather threw a vague allegation without substantiating it,” he said.

Defending Jimkuta’s record of empowerment initiatives in Taraba South, Suntai recalled that Ashimate had served as Commissioner for Finance in Taraba State and questioned his record of empowerment during his tenure in public service.

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