My Campaigns Were Funded Through Farming – Sokoto Rep-Elect
Winner of the Gada-Goronyo federal constituency election in Sokoto state, Bashir Usman Gorau has revealed how he funded his campaigns.
The 33-year-old unionist in an interview with Trust TV’s Daily Politics on Tuesday disclosed that he funded his campaign through his earnings in farming.
He said, “You cannot come and tell Tambuwal to use state treasury for election purposes, he will tell you in the hereafter are you the one to answer my questions or I am the one to answer my questions? I am very sure of this.
“Like me, I funded my campaigns through my own farming activities and business I do. Everybody knows that I am a farmer, ask everybody, for the past 14 months I am not in office.”
Adding that he and his principal, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, never used state treasury for their campaigns.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced that Gorau got 29,679 votes to defeat Musa Adar, the incumbent lawmaker representing the constituency.
Adar, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) polled 25,549 votes to lose his fifth-term bid.
Gorau was the immediate past Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development in Sokoto. He ran on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
His victory further added to the list of young candidates who won in the general elections.
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