In a statement, the Kwankwaso Presidential Campaign Committee disclosed that dignitaries from all walks of life from across the country and the diaspora, especially members of the Kwankwasiyya Movement would grace the event scheduled for Eagle Square, Abuja on Wednesday August 29, 2018. By his declaration, Kwankwaso would not only become the second presidential aspirant on the PDP platform from Kano, he would also be swelling the ranks of aspirants on the main national opposition party.Another former governor, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, had also signified his intention to become the PDP presidential standard bearer for next year’s poll, but unlike Kwankwaso and others maintained a low profile campaign style. Although Senator Kwankwaso began his political odyssey in 1992 when he left the public service, he has occupied important offices, including member representing Madobi federal constituency in the botched third republic, Minister of Defence (2003) and Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Darfur and Somalia (2006). He has continued to propound and propagate the Kwankwasiyya ideology, which lays emphasis on human capacity building, infrastructure development, economic empowerment and social engineering. The Senator embarked upon free school feeding programme during his stint as governor, but parted ways with his former political ally and successor, Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, which partly led to his exit from the ruling APC.

Source: The Guardian August 27, 2018 04:30 UTC