Kaduna State Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero yesterday declared his gubernatorial ambition ahead of the 2015 general elections under the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Governor Yero is the first sitting governorship to declare interest in seeking for re-election in 2015.

He submitted his letter of intention to contest the governorship seat amidst thousand of party faithful including members of the House of Assembly and members of the state executive council.

Yero who was at the Kaduna State secretariat of Peoples Democratic Party to formally handover the letter to the party chairman, Abubakar Haruna said the decision to contest was informed by pressure mounted on him by people to run.

According to him, he had to accept the clarion call because of the need to consolidate on the relative peace achieved in the state under his administration.

“I can’t say no to the wishes of the people when they called on me to contest. It would be a great disservice to them”, Yero stated.

In his remarks after receiving the letter from the governor, the party chairman said the party members are happy now that he has finally signified interest to contest.

Meanwhile, Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has finally released 50 per cent of the 2013 Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P) funds out of the total money accrued to the 23 local government areas of the state.