By Christiana Ekpa
Chairman of the House of Representatives committee on army, Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas has said he is running for governorship in Adamawa state to save his people from poverty.
Namdas, who disclosed at the opening of his Adamawa south senatorial district zonal campaign office at the weekend said his campaign will be based only on issues.
He said that taking a significant percentage of people from his state out of poverty was the main reason why he was aiming for the position of governor explaining that poverty alleviation was his first priority.
The lawmaker, who represents Jada/Ganye/Mayo Belwa/Toungo federal constituency said he is “a homemade leader that understands the challenges facing his state, even as he is in tune with the yearnings of the people”.
“I am the son of the soil; I am the son of the downtrodden. I started from the scratch to the top. I have gone through the leadership processes.
“I haven’t said I was born at the top, rather I started from the ground and God is lifting me up, so I know all the challenges the poor man is facing in Adamawa, I have seen them all”.
On his capacity to deliver, Namdas said, “I am highly experienced in governance. I have been in. government from 1999 till date. I have gained experience from working in the executive arm in Adamawa state to the National Assembly where I even served as a member of the international parliament. I will deliver the dividends of democracy”.
He said: “You will see that the campaigns that will be coming will be issued based. We should stop seeing politics as a dirty game. As much as the population of people here is very large, there hasn’t been any fighting, everything has been done in an orderly fashion.
“We have not said anything against anybody. What we have been able to do is tell the people what I have to offer and that I have the capacity to lead the state. This is the message that we are sending, it is now left for the people to decide”.
It will be recalled that Namdas, who is a second-timer in the House was the deputy governorship candidate of the ACN in Adamawa in the 2011 general elections.
