2027: Pick Christian deputy or risk losing votes – Vatsa tells Bago

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, successful Niger State and erstwhile Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Jonathan Vatsa, has urged Governor Mohammed Umar Bago to prime a Christian moving mate for the 2027 governorship election, informing that the enactment risks losing enactment implicit what helium described arsenic the marginalisation of Christians.

Vatsa gave the informing portion speaking with journalists successful Minna on Saturday, arguing that the APC’s caller superior elections, successful which astir each candidates emerged arsenic Muslims, had heightened concerns among members of the Christian community.

He claimed that lone 1 Christian secured the party’s summons for the State House of Assembly, representing Munya Local Government Area, portion each 3 senatorial candidates, 11 House of Representatives candidates and 26 of the 27 House of Assembly candidates are Muslims.

According to him, Christians person besides been mostly excluded from governmental appointments, citing the creation of section authorities enactment crossed the state.

The erstwhile Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism

alleged that contempt Governor Bago’s nationalist engagement with Christian groups, th...