POLITICIAN UNVEILS SOCIETAL
DEVELOPMENT APPROACH

From SAGIR MUHAMMAD AWWAL, Kaduna
Posted: Sunday, July 25, 2010

A Senatorial aspirant from Southern Kaduna Senatorial district, Hon. Joseph Gumbari has said that the development of any human society is not the business of an individual but a collective responsibly of all stakeholders.
Gumbari who stated this at the weekend while speaking to newsmen in Kafanchan said it was in view of this that he was aspiring to become a senator that will represent the senatorial district at the upper chamber of the National Assembly to enable him contribute his quota to the development of the area.
He said if given the mandate, he would pay attention to the establishment of standard skills acquisition centers to empower youths economically.
The senatorial aspirant explained that the era of distributing motorcycles and vehicles to people as dividends democracy was over, adding that the most important thing is to give them knowledge that would make then to be self reliant. “Teach them how to fish and not giving them the fish,” he said.
While identifying lack of adequate potable water supply, absence of industries and unemployment as some key problems of the senatorial district, he said if elected senator come 2011, he would lobby the federal executive arm of government to intensively to get things done.
Gumbari who is presently the House of Representatives member representing Kauru federal constituency, stated that he will also partner with Non Governmental Organizations (NGO) and donor agencies to embark on meaningful economic empowerment programmes to improve the well being of the people, if given the opportunity.
Gumbari then solicited the support and cooperation of the people to enable him realize his dreams for the area.