Abdulraham Mai Kadama, the senior special assistant on entrepreneurship to the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has resigned from his appointment and also defected from the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP).
News About Nigeria reports that following his resignation, the former aide to the governor dumped the NNPP for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Before defecting to the APC, Mai Kadama led the Kwankwasiyya movement in Plateau State and the G-6 in Kano State.
His defection was made public by the deputy senate president, Barau Jibrin, in Abuja on Wednesday after he met with Mai Kadama.
Giving details on Mai Kadama’s defection in a statement released on Wednesday evening, the deputy senate president said that he joined the APC to promote good governance and fast-track the development of Kano and Nigeria as a whole.
He said, “Another plus for the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a top shot of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Kwankwasiyya movement, Abdulrahman Mai Kadama Kwankwasiyya joined the party. Today, Mai Kadama Kwankwasiyya was in my residence in Abuja, where he dumped the red cap and joined the largest political party in Africa, APC.
“With the change of party, he announced that he is now Mai Kadama Maliya. The grassroots politician also announced his resignation as the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Kano State on Entrepreneurship II. The brand new Mai Kadama Maliya called on his young political comrades to join our great movement to deliver more dividends of democracy to our people. As I said previously, our party, APC, is the only party genuinely committed to enhancing the standard of living of our people. Let’s do it together; the train can accommodate all.”
