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Vice-President Namadi Sambo

I am in support of the creation of New Gurara State-Sambo
 
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Fri, 2 Jan 2015   ||   Nigeria,
 

Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Thursday said he is in full support of New Gurara State been carved out of the present Kaduna State.

Sambo, disclosed this at the annual Afan Festival held at Kagoro in Kaduna State.

He stated that the push for Gurara state will improve the condition of life of the people and that the Federal Government recognises the inalienable rights of the citizens to operate within the confines of the law for self-determination, promotion and harnessing the potential of its people

 “Therefore, the socio-political emancipation of a people lies in their conscious effort to champion a cause that will progressively move them to the next level,’’ he noted.

Sambo also commiserated with the people of Southern Kaduna over the loss of lives and property in the area, stating that government will soon set up a military check point in the area.

He said “we shall defeat the evil of this insurgency and terrorist acts. God willing, we shall have peace and development in our dear country.’’

The vice president congratulated everybody for witnessing the New Year and stated that government is committed to the ensuring a free and fair election in 2015.

While congratulating the people for the New Year, Sambo emphasised that the year was an important year, being an election year, stressing that government was committed to delivering free and fair elections.

He, therefore, urged the people to be peaceful during and after the elections, saying “no ambition of any politician is worth the blood of any Nigerian.

He warned that decisive actions would be taken against any person participating in any violent act before, during and after the elections.

Sambo added that the Afan festival had not only assisted in unifying the people of Kagoro but had further promoted the nation’s rich cultural heritage in the eyes of the world.

 

 

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