{"id":351802,"date":"2011-03-30T23:49:42","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T23:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/30\/ningi-lame-gamawa-test-fame-in-senate-contest\/"},"modified":"2011-03-30T23:49:42","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T23:49:42","slug":"ningi-lame-gamawa-test-fame-in-senate-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/30\/ningi-lame-gamawa-test-fame-in-senate-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ningi, Lame, Gamawa test fame in Senate contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The final campaigns for the National Assembly elections are coming to an end, with the real test of the candidates\u2019 strengths coming up on Saturday. In Bauchi State, 21 political parties have fielded candidates for the election as shown in the list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the three senatorial districts of the state. Out of the figures, six parties fielded candidates in Bauchi Central, ten in Bauchi South and five in Bauchi North.<\/p>\n

For the Bauchi North the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), All Nigeria People\u2019s Party (ANPP), Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Labour Party (LP), Mega Progressive People\u2019s Party (MPPP) and People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) have all fielded candidates for the election. The candidates competing for Bauchi South senatorial seat are from the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), ACN, African Liberation Party (ALP), ANPP, CPC, LB, MPPP, National Conscience Party (NCP) and PDP while in Bauchi North only ANPP, ACN, APGA, CPC and PDP fielded candidates for the election.<\/p>\n

Political analysts, however, believe that in all the three districts only four major parties \u2014 PDP, ACN, ANPP and CPC \u2014 fielded strong candidates that have enough financial backings to win the elections. The PDP candidates enjoy government support while the CPC candidates, many of whom are working hard, would have to rely on \u2018Buhari factor\u2019 (a reference to the popularity of the party\u2019s presidential candidate General Muhammadu Buhari) for electoral success. The party, though, is battling with internal crisis in the state. The ANPP fielded experienced candidates that have grassroots structures but their main constraint is the dwindling strength of the party in the state following the defection of its governor, Malam Isa Yuguda, to PDP and the emergence of CPC that took away many of its members. The ACN is building its base from former aspirants who decamped from other parties after they lost at the primary elections of their original parties.<\/p>\n

In Bauchi South, political analyst Mohammed Jibril Sogiji predicts that, despite the multitude of candidates in the race, the battle is between former Minister of Police Affairs Dr Yakubu Ibrahim Lame who defected from PDP to ACN, the incumbent Senator Adamu Ibrahim Gumba (PDP) and the member representing Toro federal constituency Haruna Ibrahim Tilde (ANPP). All the three have strong financial base to fund their campaigns and secure victory in Saturday\u2019s election.<\/p>\n

He said Dr Lame is an experienced politician who could rely on his academic qualification, his contacts and his experience, being the person who held most political offices among other candidates, to defeat his opponents. But his major obstacle is that he did not start his campaign in good time, his name was not the first name announced by the party after the primaries\u2014the party replaced the original candidate with him. It may be difficult for him to reach all the wards and voters before the election.<\/p>\n

Mr Sogiji notes that Adamu Gumba too has experience in public service as a former head of service, ex-commissioner and incumbent senator. Being from the village, he may have the support of the people at the grassroots. He could also rely on the incumbency factor and the support of the ruling party to get re-elected. His major obstacle is that some people feel that he did not carry them along after securing the Senate seat in the 2007 election.<\/p>\n

Haruna Tilde is seeking to move to the upper chamber of the National Assembly from his current seat in the lower chamber under his party (ANPP). Analysts believe that Tilde is popular in Toro Local Government Area and has strong financial wherewithal to finance his election, but he needs to do a lot of campaign to enable him cover all the remaining six local government areas in the senatorial district.<\/p>\n

In Bauchi North, four candidates are facing Deputy Governor Babayo Garba Gamawa, who has been fielded by the PDP. They are Alhaji Abdulmuhyi Mukhtar (ANPP), Faruk Mustafa (ACN) and Dr Shehu Mahdi (CPC). A political analyst in Katagum zone, Ibrahim Mohammad, said it would be difficult to predict the winner of this contest too. He noted that Garba Gamawa would rely upon his achievement as the deputy governor and as a lawmaker and the developmental projects he was able to take to his constituency to serve as the yard stick for his performance. He has the support of Governor Yuguda, the local council chairmen and the ruling party. But his chances are reduced because of the feud between the Secretary of the Government of the Federation Yayale Ahmed and Governor Yuguda. Similarly, the people of Katagum might not have forgotten the role they say he played in unseating former Deputy Governor Garba Gadi. Some people also believe that two former deputy governors, Abdulmalik Mahmud and Garba Gadi, both of whom now oppose Yuguda-led government, may join hands to ensure that Gamawa does not make it to the Senate.<\/p>\n

Faruk Mustafa, the ACN candidate for the same seat, Mr Mohammed said, has some advantages in the contest because his support base is said to have been spread to all the local government areas in the zone. His popularity and achievement when he represented Katagum federal constituency from 2003 to 2007 may also count in his favour. But many things may equally work against him. He has a court case with former deputy governor Abdulmalik Mahmud who is also claiming the party\u2019s ticket for the senatorial seat. The case appears to be disturbing Mustafa\u2019s campaign activities.<\/p>\n

Abdulmuhyi Mukhtar (ANPP) is an experienced politician and elder statesman who has a good network to win the election, but the major force working against him and his party is lack of strong financial backing to penetrate the nooks and crannies of the senatorial district.<\/p>\n

The CPC candidate, Dr Shehu Mahdi, is a new comer in politics, who analysts say would bank on Buhari\u2019s popularity to spring a surprise. But he needs to do a lot to gain people\u2019s support because the leadership squabble bedevilling his party may also work against him.<\/p>\n

In Bauchi Central senatorial district five people are challenging the incumbent Senator Mohammed A Mohammed of the ANPP; they included Abdul Ningi (PDP), Bappah Aliyu Misau (CPC), Isah Hamma Misau (ACN), Ibrahim Mohammed (LP) and Alhaji Dansallah Ningi (MPPP).<\/p>\n

The CPC, ACN and ANPP candidates are all from Misau area while the PDP and MPPP candidates come from Ningi side. A keen political observer in Misau, Mohammed Ubayo Babagana, said although there may be a split of votes among those in Misau area, there is still the possibility of the incumbent Senator Mohammed (ANPP) ending up having a fierce battle with the Chairman House Committee on Police Affairs Abdul Ningi of the PDP.<\/p>\n

Senator Mohammed\u2019s chances are said to have emanated from his efforts in getting constituency projects executed in his area during his tenure and his strong financial base. But the presence of powerful PDP stakeholders in Misau and Dambam, and the weakness of his party are bad omen for him.<\/p>\n

Abdul Ningi has held many positions in the National Assembly and enjoys the support of the PDP\u2019s big wigs in the district and the state government. However, some influential members of his party have decamped to ACN and CPC, and they are likely to fight very hard to block the success of their former party.<\/p>\n

Another observer, Ubayo Babagana, though, noted that despite the gain the CPC and ACN made from the PDP defections, their candidates may find it difficult to uproot the PDP and ANPP candidates because they are not politically as strong as the latter. Still, an upset could not be completely ruled out here.<\/p>\n

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