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The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Mr. Barnabas Bala Bantex, has declared his intention to contest for the Southern Kaduna senatorial seat in 2019.
His declaration came amid confirmed speculations that El-Rufai will not run with him in the 2019 governorship election.
In a statement issued thursday in Kaduna, Bantex said he wanted to offer beatter representation to the southern Kaduna senatorial zone.
He said since 1999, the southern senatorial zone has had the “poorest senatorial representation.”
According to him, the performance of El-Rufai has given him the confidence to run for the senatorial election.
“With utmost confidence in the fair mindedness, the results accomplished, and the work being done by the All Progressive Congress (APC) government of Kaduna State, under the leadership of Malam Nasir El-Rufai, I have decided to offer myself as the APC candidate for the Kaduna South senatorial district in the forthcoming 2019 election,” he said.
Bantex said his personal and official relationship with El-Rufai has given him every confidence in every part of the state.
“As deputy governor, I have had several opportunities to witness this commitment to equity, and I regret that some of the elected representation from my zone has not matched this broad-mindedness and constructive approach in the interest of our people in Zone three.
“I have therefore come to the conclusion that it is worth leaving the office of deputy governor to put these issues on the ballot, encourage more mature and sober political discourse in the area in order to deliver the desirable quality of representation for our people, and attract the maximum dividend of democracy,” the deputy governor said.
According to him, the decision to run for the Senate had been very difficult “in view of the uncommon goodwill and brotherly relationship that I currently enjoy with El-Rufai who has elevated the relationship between governor and deputy governor to a level of mutual respect, engagement and involvement that is unparalleled in our democracy…”
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