The Reason For Evergreen Mandate Group Is To Make Nasko Governor - Niger Commissioner

Niger state Commissioner for Budget Alhaji Yahaya Dansalau on Saturday stated the reason for the formation of the Evergreen Mandate Group which is in the forefront of the campaign for the election of former Chief of Staff Government House Alhaji Umar Mohammed Nasko as Governor come 2015.
 He said at the presentation of ‘A compendium on Umar Nasko’ that the Evergreen Mandate Group is to drive the much needed political change the state has yearned for since its establishment in 1976.
Dansalau  told the gathering made up of mostly youths from Kagara town of the state but which also attracted the Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly alhaji Mohammed and some political appointees of Governor Babangida Aliyu that the drive for Nasko to become Governor of Niger state is real.
Nasko is one of the gubernatorial aspirants under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party with others including the Deputy Governor Ahmed Musa Ibeto Senator Nuhu Aliyu and Engineer Mustapha Bello.
Alhaji Dansalau declared that“ what we are witnessing is a movement by youths for the youths and in the interest of the youth’ before commending the Kagara youth Movement for hastily joining the train”.
The Commissioner noted that the change asked for in the state started  in 2007 when Governor Aliyu was elected for the first time as a governor, adding that he (Aliyu) maintained the trend by picking at least 70% of youths into the state executive council.
Defending the choice of Umar Nasko as the favoured aspirant for the governorship of the state by the EMG Yahaya dansalau said the former Chief of Staff Government house ‘is not too young to be governor’ saying that General Yakubu Gowon ruled Nigeria at a very young age while the Emir of Minna Dr Umar Farouq Bahago was enthroned at just 28 years.
Nasko he said has the requisite qualification to continue the good works that outgoing Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu has started.

 

2015: Why the people clamour for Umar Nasko to be Governor of Niger State

African Searchlight investigations revealed that individuals and pressure groups in the state have embarked on a proactive drive to ensure that the youthful administrator occupies the reverred office to become the number one citizen of the state.
In a recent interview with reporters, Alhaji Nasko however said if given the opportunity to serve, he plans to consolidate on his earlier contributions to the development of Niger State’s infrastructure, tourism and youth.

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Nasko, who is currently the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Niger State, stressed that the uplifting the state in the areas education, agriculture, and sports would also be on his list of priorities, if he emerges as the state’s next chief executive.
He added that his initiation of the “Green the Niger Initiative” when he was a commissioner of environment, remains a glaring evidence of his commitment to speedy infrastructural development in the state.
“The “Green the Niger Initiative” saw Niger State, especially Minna city wearing a new look in terms of serenity, cleanliness and evacuation of debris, dust bins, and other environmental-polluting agents, thereby restoring high level of hygiene with far-reaching implications on human health and longevity”. He noted.
Nasko who also holds the traditional titles as the Jarman Kontagora in Kontagora Emirate and Sarkin Kudun Birnin Magaji in Zamfara State, also stated that during his service at the ministry of environment, ecological devastating factors such as erosion have been brought under control as a result of his timely intervention and initiative. 
“Desilting of drainages around Minna is one of the good things that have ever happened to Minna because dangers of flooding have been averted. He said.
The 40-year-old politician who joined the PDP in 2003, pointed out that some of his achievements as the commissioner for transport and infrastructural development included, the renovation of five roads in Minna Metropolis, construction of Lumma-Umma Road, Batati-Dabban Road, Kutigi-Fazhi Road, Bonu-Gurara, Mokwa-Raba/General Hospital Access road, and construction of access road to Fuel Dump at Minna International Airport.
According to Alhaji Nasko, some of the annual cultural festivals organized by local governments, such as the Gani Cultural Festival, Kutigi in Lavun Local Government Area, Ebiko Fishing Festival, Nuwokota in Gbako Local Government have been brought into more lime light and expected to be raised to international standard in the near future.
 He added that all the abandoned tourist sites like the famous Zuma Rock, Gurara Water Falls, Zungeru Colonial Ruins were renovated when he served as commissioner for tourism and culture.
Nasko, fondly described by many as “Sarkin Aiki”, meaning chief worker, said people’s lives have been transformed like never before due to renovation of roads, schools, market stalls, boreholes and other infrastructural facilities when he was appointed by the Niger State Government as the Coordinator of the Ward Development Project in Magama Local Government Area.
On the present level of development in Niger state, the former commissioner commended the present administration under the “Chief Servant” Governor Mu'azuBabangida Aliyu for initiating and executing laudable projects responsible for the enviable progress recorded in the state.

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Breaking: Court summons PDP over Nasko as Niger gov'ship candidate

 A Federal High Court in Abuja yesterday invited the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to appear to show cause why it should not be restrained from submitting the name of Alhaji Umar Nasko as governorship candidate for Niger State.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed also ordered that the service of the court papers be effected on the PDP National Chairman Ahmadu Adamu Mu'azu, National Secretary Prof Wole Oladipo and the Independant National Electoral Commission (INEC) by substituted means latest on Tuesday morning.

A PDP governorship aspirant Engr Mu'azu Hanafi Sarkin Sudan had challenged the 908 votes purpotedly cast for Nasko at the primary of the party held on December 8.

He contended that the primary held at the Idris Legbo Kutigi International Conference Centre, Minna are unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect in that the votes are inconsistent with the Electoral Act, 2010.

The court will on December 19 hear the substantive matter.

Accept Defeat, Embrace Nasko, PDP Tells Other Aspirants

The publicity secretary of Niger State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Hassan Saba, has asked defeated aspirants in the just concluded PDP governorship primaries to accept their fate, saying they are wrong for saying the conduct of the elections were flawed.
In a statement issued yesterday in Minna, Saba maintained that the conduct of the governorship primaries was flawless and a reflection of the wish of the people.
He said those complaining were crying wolf where none is and therefore urged those who lost the primaries to accept their fate,
adding that they must eschew unnecessary speculation over the conduct of the election.
He said the joint press conference addressed by the contestants has the imprint of a script written in anticipation of failure borne strictly out of their inability to impress the people.
“I am indeed pleased with the outcome of the PDP primaries. I hail the leadership of the party for the smooth process, which characterised the primaries. Let me also thank most of the aspirants for conducting themselves in the best possible way during the exercise, it shows that the next general election in Niger State will be free of violence.
“For those who lost out in the last primaries, I call on you to join hands with the party candidates to ensure PDP win all elective positions in Niger State in 2015. We must not allow selfish interest erode our sense of deductive reasoning as team players and true democrats. For emphasis sake, the process was indeed flawless.”
It would be recalled that Alhaji Umar Nasko recorded victory over other candidates vying for the governorship candidacy of the PDP in the just concluded primaries, a feat which other aspirants told journalists was attained because exercise was not free and fair.

I' M NOT TOO YOUNG TO BE NIGER GOVERNOR - UMAR NASKO

I’m Not Too Young To Be Niger Governor – Umar Nasko

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— Nov 21, 2014 | 2 Comments

A leading governorship aspirant in Niger State on the platform of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Umar Mohammed Nasko has declared his preparedness for the job, saying he is not too young to govern the state.
Nasko, who has already been endorsed by the governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu stated this yesterday in Minna, the state capital at a public declaration of his ambition to run for the governor of the state in the 2015 election.
At the Bako Kontagora Memorial Stadium venue of the declaration, to told the large crowd of supporters from all over the state and party chieftains that at 40, he could not be said to be young to run the affairs of the state as suggested by his adversaries.
He contended that with the life expectancy of 50 years in Nigeria, he was not young to understand the peculiar demands and needs of people of the state as he had adequately prepared himself for the challenge ahead.
“In a country where life expectancy is put at less than fifty years, a forty-year old couldn’t be ‘too young’ to serve in the exalted office of state governor”, Nasko stated, emphasizing that he had received enough mentoring by Governor Aliyu to advance the course of development of the state.
He said he was overwhelmed by the large turn out on the occasion, describing it as a confirmation of “your belief in the capacity of the youth and the young at heart to provide purposeful leadership, because effective political leadershi p is not often defined by chronological age but the maturity of mind and capacity to mobilize mass support towards electoral victory”.
He promised to consolidate the achievements of the Babangida Aliyu administration and ensure the vision of making Niger State one of the three top economies in the year 2020 would come through.
Governor Aliyu was represented on the occasion by the Secretary to the State Government, Rt. Hon. Idris Ndako Kpaki who assured the crowd that the governor was in full support of Nasko’s candidacy.