Many of the 28 governorship elections that were held on 18 March were decided on the basis of local power rotation or zoning arrangements in the state. But in Katsina State, the declaration of Dikko Radda and Lawal Jobe of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Katsina State’s governor-elect and deputy governor-elect respectively, means that the northern senatorial zone of the state has again failed in its long quest to take either of the top two positions.
Instead, the senatorial district, otherwise known as Daura zone and where President Muhammadu Buhari was born, will again contend itself with the office of Speaker of the state House of Assembly, which the zone has consistently occupied since 1991. Most of the times, the position of Head of Civil Service has also gone to the zone.
“The two slots have eluded us for years and we deserve to get a shot at any of the two,” Aminu Doguru, 35, a political analyst from the zone, told PREMIUM TIMES.
While the positions of…
