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  A Kano State gubernatorial candidate, Malam Inuwa Waya has appointed Kamal Sarki as the organizing secretary of his campaign team. In the same vein, he confirmed the stance of Mujahid Zaitawa as Director General, Sadiq Ali Sango as Youth Leader and Aisha Gama as women leader. Hon. Mujahid Zaitawa and the popular youths activists Sadiq Ali Sango  has been running campaign activities of Malam Inuwa Waya popularly known as Raba Gardama, and they are playing a key role as Representatives of Inuwa Waya. This is part of his efforts to include so many competent people to govern the activities of this campaign team. Malam Inuwa Waya charged the newly appointed officials to work tirelessly towards uniting the campaign team and use their experience in promoting his candidature.

A 23-year-old youth activist, Abdullahi Sidi Ali, has declared his intention to run for the position of All Progressives Congress, APC National Youth Leader in its upcoming National Convention. Mr Ali, a final year student of History at Yusuf Maitama Sule University, YUMSUK, told DAILY NIGERIAN that the signing of the Not Too Young To Run bill by Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari into law inspired his ambition. The Kano-born politician assured that if elected, he would use the privileges of his office to ensure youth inclusiveness and participation in politics, which will in turn drive youth friendly reforms. “This is not my contest alone. Its for the youths and I call on them to rally round and elect me as National Youths Leader of our great party the APC. Democratically youths are indispensable for prosperous development and the time is rife for us to take charge of running the affairs of governance,” Mr Ali said. “Youths have been identified as major stakeholders in the journey t...

  The implication of fuel price rise on the Nigerian economy is enormous.  Whenever the price of petrol hike, there is a resultant effect on the economic activities in the entire nation. Here are the major implications:- The rise of fuel price in Nigeria will lead to the increase in the prices of goods and services, transportation, wages and so on, which in turn have adverse effect on the economy of the common man. The increase in fuel price decreases the industrial supply of goods and services and reduces the patronage of customers, it also led to decline in the value of commodity. Households’ yearly expenditure on energy, goods and services will increase and their saving decline drastically due to the rise in petrol price. Hike in fuel price affects the profits made by the retailers and wholesalers negatively, it equally affects the growth of businesses. Lastly, both income and spending of the citizen have affected by the rise in petrol prices.  Generally, fuel price cr...