Daily Trust· 3h ago· 1 min read
As the deadline for the submission of candidates and their running mates to the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC) closes in less than two weeks, there are strong indications that the Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani has decided to pick a Christian from the Southern Kaduna Senatorial zone as his running mate.
Daily Trust learnt authoritatively that the the governor has decided to toe a different line from his predecessor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, by going for a ‘faith balanced’ ticket by choosing a Christian as his running mate.
Our correspondents recall that since 1999, all the governors of the state ran with persons of different faiths from theirs untill 2019 when El-Rufai while running for a second term decided to do away with that arrangement and settled for the current deputy governor, Dr Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, as his running mate.
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