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The governor of
Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda yesterday at the People’s Democratic Party
(PDP) North-East women rally, made a promise to deliver the zone to the
incumbent president at the April polls. Mr Yuguda in his address at the
event said the party is working hard to ensure that women are
adequately mobilised to participate in the elections.

The governor said,
“We will give Jonathan 100 per cent votes in the north east zone, even
our votes during the recent PDP Presidential primary is a proof.
Jonathan has a humble background, he is well educated and he is a man
of experience having been a deputy governor, a governor and now a
president.” Speaking at the event which took place at the Ibrahim
Badamasi Babangida Square, Bauchi, the First lady, Patience Goodluck
Jonathan, called on women in the zone to come out en mass and vote for
the Goodluck Jonathan/Sambo ticket at the April elections. The rally,
which attracted women from the geo-political zone had the wives of the
PDP candidates in the six north eastern states; Borno, Yobe, Taraba,
Adamawa, Gombe, and Bauchi, as well as the wife of the Senate
President, Mrs Helen Mark, the wife of the Vice President, Amina Sambo
and several women leaders in attendance.

The president’s
wife appealed to women in the north east to ensure that they vote for
PDP as it had promised 35 per cent women participation in political
appointments. “The president has also promised to carry us along in
every appointment if we vote the government into power,” she told the
women. “PDP has the highest number of candidates who have promised
better deal for Nigerian women.” “I want to also appeal to you women in
the north-east to go from house to house, street to street and
community to community and appeal to your husbands and other women to
come out and vote for President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President
Namadi Sambo at the forthcoming April elections,” she added.

The highlight of
the event was the official decamping of 1,000 women from other
political parties to the ruling party ,they were received by the PDP
National Women leader, Hajia Inna Ciroma who promised to work
tirelessly to see to the victory of the Jonathan/Sambo team.