The Chief of Staff to Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State, Alh. Ibrahim Balarabe has appealed to Nigerlites to forgive where the administration might have failed to meet their expectations. Alh. Balarabe disclosed this during a valedictory reception organized by "Team Balarabe" which took place at 247 Event Centre, Maikunkele, Bosso local government area. He said that modest achievements have been made by the Abubakar Sani Bello led administration and thanked Nigerlites for their support. The Cheif of Staff noted that they might have offended some persons unknowingly as they are humans, who are bound to make mistakes. "We have done the little we can, however, as humans, we might have not met some expectations, we pray that people will have a space in their hearts to forgive", he said. He appreciated Governor Abubakar Sani Bello for giving him the platform to serve and also, thanked all key government officials, his subordinates and all Nigerlites for their support and prayers. He prayed God to give the Governor-elect, Umar Mohammed Bago the grace to assemble a team that would propel good governance to the state. In their separate remarks, Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Mainasara Danmallam, All Progressives Congress (APC) State Chairman, Haliru Zakari Jikantoro, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Niger State Governor, Mary Noel-Berje showered encomium to the Chief of Staff for his camaraderie. They described him as a dependable ally, a team player, and hard working personality who has contributed to the success of the present administration. Earlier, the leader of "Team Balarabe", Mohammed Ahmed, congratulated the CoS for successfully serving this administration in different positions at different times. Ahmed explained that the valedictory reception was organized because of their conviction that he made meaningful contributions to the present government even as attested by many other people.
The Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger state, Hon. Haliru Zakari Jikantoro, has said the present administration's refusal to invest heavily on publicity has caused it the negative perception it was having with members of the public.
The APC chairman stated this in an exclusive interview with Newsline Newspaper yesterday in Minna, the Niger state capital.
He said the outgoing administration has performed very well in many areas in the past eight years, but pointed out that people were not aware of those performances or appreciate them because of inadequate publicity.
According to him, "if you look round, you see that a lot of work has been done and still ongoing, but you don't stop there, you have to publicise it.
"Former governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu, will execute N10 million project and spent an equal amount of money to publicise it. Here, we didn't invest that kind of resources in publicity and it is really costing us the negative perception we're having", he said.
Hon Zakari said he hoped that the incoming government will build on the legacies of the outgoing administration and improve on it. He said since both were APC government, it was expected that there will be continuation of programmes and projects.
He called on the people to support the incoming administration to achieve its mandate and deliver on its promises, saying the party and its various organs will make sure its noble manifestoes were implemented.
The party Chief who spoke on many crucial issues, was hopeful that the incoming administration will succeed just as much as the outgoing one.
The full version of the interview will be published in the special edition of Newsline newspaper as part of the inauguration activities of the incoming government of Hon. Umar Mohammed Bago.
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