‘Nasarawa-North tired of deputy governor position’

Yusuf, who defected alongside the former information minister, Labaran Maku, who is the governorship candidate of APGA, said it was time for other zones of the state to produce the deputy governor, insisting that what Nasarawa-North needed now is the position of the chief executive of the state.Usman said: “If the position of deputy governor […]

Yusuf, who defected alongside the former information minister, Labaran Maku, who is the governorship candidate of APGA, said it was time for other zones of the state to produce the deputy governor, insisting that what Nasarawa-North needed now is the position of the chief executive of the state.
Usman said: “If the position of deputy governor is that good, then let the other two zones of Nasarawa-South and Nasarawa-West go for it. As for us  in Nasarawa-North, we have settled for the position of governor, and nothing less.”  
Maku, who hails from the same zone, is challenging Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura, who is running for re-election on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC.)
The zone has three local government areas, namely, Akwanga, Nasarawa-Eggon and Wamba.
The first civilian governor of the state, Abdullahi Adamu had three deputy governors, Senator Solomon Ewuga and Maku from Nasarawa-Eggon, and Professor Onje Gye-Wado from Wamba. His successor Aliyu Akwe Doma governed with John Michael Abdul from Akwanga, while Governor Al-Makura’s deputy, Damesh Barau Luka, is also from Akwanga.