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ZAMFARA HEALTH COMMISSIONER ADMINISTERS FIRST CIRCLE OF COVID-19 ASTRA ZENECA VACCINE TO GOV. BELLO MATAWALLE

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Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle has received his first dose of the Jab Astra Zeneca vaccine on Monday and formally flag- off the commencement of the administration of Covid-19 vaccine in the state.

He was administered the injection by the State Commissioner for Health, Hon.Yahaya Mohammed Kanoma at the State Government House Gusau.

Speaker, Zamfara State House Assembly, Nasiru Maazu Magarya and Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor Dr. Bashir Mohammed Maru were also administered the vaccine.

Speaking at the event, Governor Matawalle urged citizens of the state to accept the vaccine as physicians have already certified that it doesn’t have any negative effect on human lives.

He says the vaccination will provide the needed protection from the deadly disease of Covid-19 as globally acknowledged.

The Governor also said his government will continue to carry out sensitization to the state citizens for them to accept the vaccine.

He explained further that a total of 27, 960 people of the state are expected to be vaccinated in the first circle of the exercise.

Speaking earlier the state Commissioner for Health, Yahaya Mohammed Kanoma said Zamfara State has already received 55, 920 doses of the injection noting that, the injection is free of charge and that the state government will continue to ensure total compliance with all the Covid-19 Presidential Task Force guidelines in the Vaccination period.

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FMR. ZAMFARA SPEAKER SCORES (229) TO DELIVERS POLING

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Former Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly Sanusi Garba Rikiji of the APC has scored a total of (229) votes to defeat the PDP who polls (61) votes only.

His poling unit is Rumfar Galadima (013) in Gusau the capital city of Zamfara State.

As for the result of the state house of assembly in his poling units, APC scored a total of (232) to defeat the PDP who polls (51) votes.

Rikiji is currently the house of reps candidate for Gusau and Tsafe in the 2023 election, whose election was declared inclusive by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He is contesting the seat together with the serving members Kabiru Amadu Mai Palace, who is from the opposition PDP.

 

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CHAIR ZBIRS, WORKS COMMISSIONER, DELIVERS POLING UNITS

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The Chairman of Zamfara State Board of Internal Revenue Service, Ali Akilu Dama Bungudu has also delivered his poling unit.

His party the APC scored a total (173) to defeat the PDP who scored (111) votes.

Similar votes were also recorded for both political parties at the level of State assembly elections.

Similarly, Zamfara State Commissioner for Works Rabiu Garba Gusau has delivered his poling units with a wide margin to defeat the PDP.

APC scored (96) votes to defeat the opposition People’s Democratic Party, which scored (16) votes for both the Governorship election and state assembly for Gusau (1) at his poling unit.

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SHA’AYAU S. PAWA MAFARA SCORES (502) VOTES TO DEFEAT PDP WITH ZERO VOTE.

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A political ally of former Governor Yari Sha’ayau Yusuf S. Paws has defeated PDP in his Township Primary school poling unit in Talatar Marafa local government area of Zamfara State.

According to an official result sheet, the politician who is a member of All Progressives Congress (APC) scored (502) votes to defeat the PDP who scored (0) votes.

The politician has made history since 2015 by maintaining the only poling units which opposition party has never won a single vote during election.

He repeated the same history during the 2023 Presidential and national assembly elections conducted three weeks back, when PDP failed to score a single vote.

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