The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on entrepreneurship to the Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, Abdulraham Mai-Kadama, has resigned from his appointment and dumped the New Nigeria People Party (NNPP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).

New Telegraph reports that Mai-Kadama announced his defection to the APC after meeting with the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, in Abuja on Wednesday, August 14.

Prior to his defection to the APC, Mai Kadama was the leader of G-6 in Kano State, among other roles.

The Deputy Senate President, in a post on Facebook, said the former aide to Governor Yusuf joined the APC to promote good governance and fast-track the development of Kano and Nigeria as a whole.

Jibrin wrote, “Another plus for the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a top shot of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Kwankwasiyya movement, Abdulrahman Mai Kadama Kwankwasiyya joined the party.

“Today, Mai Kadama Kwankwasiyya was in my residence in Abuja, where he dumped the red cap and joined the largest political party in Africa, APC.

“With the change of party, he announced that he is now Mai Kadama Maliya. The grassroots politician also announced his resignation as the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Kano State on Entrepreneurship II.

“The brand new Mai Kadama Maliya called on his young political comrades to join our great movement to deliver more dividends of democracy to our people.

“As I said previously, our party, APC, is the only party genuinely committed to enhancing the standard of living of our people. Let’s do it together; the train can accommodate all.” (New Telegraph: Text, Excluding Headline)

Update news