The state chapter of All Progressive Congress (APC) has pledged free nomination forms to all women aspirants in all categories of elective positions in Sokoto state.
Sokoto State APC Chairman Alhaji Usman Danmadamin-Isa, who made the pledge disclosed that the move was to encourage the participation of more women in politics and to open up space for them to exhibit their leadership competence.
Danmadamin-Isa said women have been very supportive in all political activities and they must be encouraged to seek for elective posts.
He dismissed recent allegations that the party was behind divisions in the state PDP describing it as a ‘baseless allegation’
The chairman listed out some of the achievements recorded by the APC-led administration in the state to include payment of N2.2 billion scholarships to indigent students and sponsoring 200 students on overseas studies.
He added that government had also constructed 34 new schools, renovated 15,000 others, and rehabilitated 250 teachers’ staff quarters in its efforts to revamp the education sector in the state.
The APC chairman said that the administration had also embarked on massive road construction projects across the state.
Meanwhile, Sokoto State PDP Chairman, Alhaji Ibrahim Milgoma, has revealed that the PDP is focused on taking over the state in the 2019 general elections.
