ADC warns APC that Jigawa’s 35th anniversary may be its last in office, urging results on flooding, jobs, health and the cost of living
African Democratic Congress deputy governorship candidate Malam Aminu Ibrahim Ringim said on Friday 28 August 2026 that Jigawa State’s 35th anniversary could be the last the All Progressives Congress marks in office.
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Jigawa was carved out of Kano State in August 1991. Aminu Ibrahim Ringim issued the remark in a goodwill message as the anniversary was marked.
He said residents were already weighing government promises against results ahead of the 2027 general election.
“To the APC government, I say this respectfully but clearly: if you must celebrate Jigawa’s 35th anniversary in office, then celebrate it knowing that it may be your last Jigawa anniversary in office,” he said.
He argued that the day should be for stocktaking as well as praise. Education, healthcare, farming, jobs and roads were the measures that mattered, he said, not the ceremony itself.
Flooding, weak drainage and poor waste collection were singled out, especially in Hadejia and other hard-hit towns.
Aminu Ibrahim Ringim asked the state government to work with communities and traditional rulers before the next rains turned into another emergency.
He also tied local hardship to national policy. Subsidy removal, he said, had lifted the cost of transport, food and daily life.
He called for steps that would ease that pressure and restore purchasing power.
The message mixed warning with courtesy. He asked the government to hear traditional and religious leaders, civic groups, professionals, women, young people and people with disabilities.
He thanked past leaders and workers who built the state, and prayed for peace, drier seasons and better household fortunes.
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The line about a last anniversary is campaign language dressed as a birthday greeting. Whether 2027 bears it out will depend less on the speech than on whether voters in Jigawa feel the ground has shifted by then.
