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In less than 72 hours from today, delegates from the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union (SOKAPU) from various ethnic nationalities in the region, including the 36 state chapters of the Union, are billed to assemble at the Kagoro Town Hall in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna state on Wednesday November 27, 2019 to elect a new President. Considering the footprints of the outgoing irrepressible leadership of Barr. Solomon Kaptain Musa, the feat of getting a suitable successor remains a great challenge. It is unprecedented that throughout the duration of the outgoing leadership, it has remained unruffled and showed greater skills at combating the problems threatening our people. It is needful to stress here that despite overtures and genuine efforts by SOKAPU leadership under Barr. Musa to collaborate with the Kaduna state Government in rallying forces towards confronting issues that ail us as a people, officials of government, especially our brothers, rendered such efforts a nulli

Written by Muhammed Kadade Suleiman Mal. Hassan Rasheed Makarfi was born on the 25th of July, 1969 in the town of Makarfi, Kaduna State. His father was an Islamic teacher who tutored students in the town. He was fourth in the family. His older brother, Professor Abubakar Rasheed is the Executive Secretary, National University Commission. He attended the LEA Central primary school before proceeding to Science Secondary school, Saminaka. After his secondary school education, he obtained a HND in Veterinary from Plateau State. He did his National Youth Service Corps in 1997 when Nasarawa State was created out of the old Plateau State during the government of General Sani Abacha. Despite all efforts to get him to work in the Federal Civil Service, his choice was to work in the Local Government because in the words of the late father of President Umaru Musa Yar'adua "service to people is Service to God" and as such, the local government presented the best opportuni

Former governor of Kaduna state and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party in the concluded 2019 elections, Senator Ahmed M. Makarfi sends a strong message to his party''s candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubakar following the outcome of the Supreme Court hearing dismissing his appeal. "You are strongest in all front, and indeed we have seen you are a rare breed seasoned politician. "To those of us who looked up to you as a Boss and political mentor, we saw as a symbol of National unity, religious tolerance and social integration. Your struggles for a better political system, National politics and your general attitude towards National interest will be archived in our political history. You have made your point, you fought gallantly and earned a global applause!