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Kano State governor
and the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) presidential candidate,
Ibrahim Shekarau, has said that he is determined and committed to
bringing the desired change if elected the president of Nigeria in
April 2011.

Mr. Shekarau was
speaking to a crowd of ANPP supporters yesterday in Abakaliki, the
Ebonyi State capital, during the flag-off of the party’s presidential
campaign.

He said Nigerians should expect drastic changes they have been agitating for in all segments of the society.

Mr. Shekarau, who
finally launched his campaign after some disagreement with the Ebonyi
State government, said that Nigeria needs to be bailed out from what he
described as the misrule of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the
last 12 years.

“It is true that
majority of Nigerians have lost confidence in the PDP leadership and
are yearning for change. And we promise to give that desired change
they have been searching for.

“We will restore
safety of lives and properties in Nigeria; we will reduce unemployment;
above all, we shall give every Nigerian a sense of belonging by
restoring justice, which is the bedrock of every democracy,” Mr.
Shekarau promised.

In the same vein,
Julius Ucha, the Ebonyi State governorship flagbearer of the party,
urged the indigenes to ensure that they vote for ANPP at the poll,
saying that their votes would determine their future, liberation of
their children, and above all, peace and unity among them.

Ogbonnaya Onu, the
national chairman of the party, who hails from the state, equally
joined many of the speakers at the event to urge the people of the
state to vote out the PDP-led government. He said ANPP has the capacity
to win the presidential election because it is now a united party.

However, two serving ANPP governors, Madu Sherif and Ibrahim Geidam of Borno and Yobe States, were absent at the occasion.

While in the state, Mr. Shekarau paid a courtesy call on the state
governor, who was represented by his deputy, Chigozie Ogbu, in his
absence.