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Nasarawa State PDP Governorship Candidate Promises Poverty Eradication and Economic Growth

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The Nasarawa State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. David Ombugadu, has pledged to eradicate poverty in the state if elected the governor in 2023. During a campaign rally in Keffi, Ombugadu promised to prioritize youths and women empowerment, wealth creation, and agriculture to lift millions of people out of poverty. He also plans to build an international market for the exportation of agricultural products, construct more schools, hospitals, and sports complexes to promote education, health, and sports development. The PDP candidate aims to leverage the state's fertile lands and agrarian nature to diversify into commercial agriculture and improve rural transportation.

Key Takeaways:

  • Dr. David Ombugadu, the PDP governorship candidate, has pledged to eradicate poverty in Nasarawa State if elected in 2023.
  • Ombugadu plans to prioritize youths and women empowerment, wealth creation, and agriculture to lift millions out of poverty.
  • He intends to build an international market for agricultural products export, construct more schools, hospitals, and sports complexes.
  • The candidate aims to diversify into commercial agriculture and improve rural transportation using the state's fertile lands and agrarian nature.
  • The PDP has claimed credit for major projects initiated by the APC-led government in the state, including secondary schools, Federal University Lafia, and Federal Secretariat.
  • The PDP Campaign Council Director-General, Mr. Labaran Maku, has criticized the APC administration for failing Nigerians and causing hardship and insecurity.
  • The state PDP Chairman, Francis Orogu, has called on citizens to collect their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) to enable them to change the APC government.

Statistics:

  • Four years of APC-led administration in Nasarawa State have led to the inauguration of only 2 motor parks in Lafia and Karu Local Government Areas.
  • The PDP claims to have built more secondary schools in the state than any other administration.
  • Federal University Lafia, Federal Secretariat, and Special Forces in Doma were built by the PDP government during Mr. Maku's tenure as Defense Minister.

Sources:

  • Vanguard News
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