Nigerian Newsday

By Anthony Adgidzi

A senatorial aspirant under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Nasarawa South Senatorial Zone, Malam Rufa’i Ibrahim, has pledged to use all his wealth of experience in the fields of journalism and law to ensure adequate Federal Government attention to his constituency, if elected as a senator in 2007.

Malam Rufa’i stated this in a dinner he hosted for journalists at his residence in Lafia, last week.

He pledged that he would work with other visionary and committed people in the senate for the collective interest of his constituency and the state.

Malam Rufa’i said he owed a duty to work for the wellbeing of the people, saying rendering service to the people was what he had done in all his working career.

He said that he had come a very long way in catering for the interests of the common people and he could not now change "because I take seriously my name, I will not do anything that will dent my image and name".

The aspirant, who decried the low economic status of the people of his constituency and the state generally, assured that he would work hard to improve the socio-economic status of people in the state.

He appealed to youth to avoid running from one politician to another looking for money, adding that self –pride and determination to succeed on their part would help them become independent and self-reliant.

He promised to make the development of human resources topmost in his political agenda, adding that if the youth were left without succour their vulnerability to social vices would have an all-consuming effect on the entire society.

He appealed to individuals in government and private sector to do all within their capacity to provide services to the people and employment opportunities for the youths.

Malam Rufa’i, who is the Consultant/Chief Executive Officer of Nasarawa Publishing Company (NPC), publishers of Nigerian Newsday and Nasara, said he would use his political connections to lobby and influence Federal Government to site relevant projects in the state.

Commenting on the alleged crisis in the PDP, Malam Rufa’i said it was a positive development for the evolution of the party as the largest party in Africa, adding that the PDP would be better and more focused without some of those "questionable elements within its rank".