Ahead of primary elections of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), one of its gubernatorial hopefuls in Kaduna state, North west Nigeria, Mohammed Sani Sidi has begun a tour of wards and local government areas in the state.
Sani-Sidi submitted his letter of intent to the party last Tuesday amidst unprecedented crowd at the party’s State secretariat Kaduna.
The tour , according to a statement by his media team, is aimed at meeting party leadership and other key stakeholders in the 255 wards and 23 local government areas of the state.
The Sani-Sidi campaign team commenced the tour on Thursday with Kudan, Makarfi, Sabon Gari and Zaria local government areas and subsequently followed on Friday with Ikara, Kubau and Soba local government areas.
Reports say the tour attracted large turn out of the party leadership, stalwarts, women and youth groups as well as other supporters.
Addressing them, Sani Sidi, charged delegates to remain committed to the ideals of the party anchored on sustainable developments at all levels.
According to him “as members of our great party, we must resolve to ensure that we uphold the ideals of the party.
“My vision is to rescue the state from the current state of insecurity, kidnapping and other myriads of problems facing our dear state and unite our people towards sustainable development.”
The tour is expected to cover the entire local government areas of Kaduna State before the forth coming party primaries.