Don't be discouraged by polls postponment —Zagi

From ABDULL-AZEEZ AHMED KADIR, Kaduna
Posted: Thursday, March 31, 2011

The Senator representing Zone III of Kaduna State at the National Assembly Senator Caleb Zagi has said that the electorate should elect leaders that would represent them well at the various level, should not be discouraged by the postponement of the National Assembly election last Saturday but come out en-mass to exercise their civic responsibility on Saturday.
Speaking with journalists in Kaduna yesterday, Zagi urged the electorate to vote only those with credibility and unquestionable character who would take the state and the country to another level positively.
"The stress of obtaining the voter registration for days unending should be made fruitful by the people trooping out to cast their votes at the various polling units irrespective of the obstacles and they stand to celebrate if they use it wisely," he explained.
 According to him, seeking public office to amass wealth would not augur well for the nation especially as some people would do that at the detriment of the teeming populace. The electorate he urged should reject such candidates peacefully through the ballots.
He also called on the electorate to say no to selfish and self-centered politicians with the record of letting the people down when they occupied public office in the past.
Zagi said he believed in serving the people by providing them their necessary needs without making it a public affair. The lawmaker said aiding the constituents should not be something a representative should showcase for the whole world to see but a service for the people who should in turn be in a position to decide if they would vote you or the opposition and the electorate should be allowed to vote their choice.
He urged the people not to be tired of making the necessary sacrifices despite the postponement of the elections, to ensure free, fair and credible elections in the state and the country. "If rescheduling the polls would make us get things right and give the electorate the opportunity to elect the leaders of their choice, Nigerians should all m ake the sacrifices" he advised.
On what he had done for his constituents, Zagi said he cannot write a testimonial for himself but the people know what he has done and his worth, and they should be allowed to decide at the polls who would represent them without undue influence. He however expressed optimism that the Zone III electorate would vote him as the Senator to represent them to continue the good works he has been doing on their behalf.
Senator Zagi is the senatorial candidate for the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN). He decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after the party primaries.