ZABZUGU DCE TO WORK IMPROVE CONDITIONS (PAGE 17)

Story: Zakaria Alhassan, Zabzugu

THE newly elected District Chief Executive for Zabzugu, Alhaji John Bashiru Yakubu, has pledged his preparedness to work towards improving the socio-economic development of the district to better the lot of the people.
He, however, acknowledged that the assembly’s visions would not be realised without the active support and collaboration of the chiefs, people and various stakeholders in the area.
The chief executive also assured them of practising an open-door and people-centred administration and therefore urged all sons and daughters of the area to share their rich experiences that could help in the forward march of the district.
Alhaji Yakubu was speaking after his confirmation as the new DCE for the area. He polled 41 votes representing 98 per cent of the 42 valid votes cast. The election was supervised by the Northern Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Mr Sylvester Kanyi.
He earlier failed in his first attempt to get the nod when only 21 assembly members voted in his favour as against 21. He therefore expressed appreciation to the assembly members for their wisdom in reposing confidence in him this time round.
Until his nomination, Alhaji Yakubu, 59, worked as an accountant with the Islamic Education Unit in Tamale.
As an educationist, he intimated that education and youth empowerment would be on top of his agenda, since human resource was the base on which every community developed.
The Northern Regional Minister, Alhaji Mustapha Ali Idris, impressed upon the assembly members to put their political and parochial interest aside and team together to facilitate the smooth and rapid implementation of development programmes.
He reminded them to always put the development of the district over and above any other considerations in order that the district, which is one of the deprived in the country, would catch up with other developed areas.
Alhaji Idris also entreated the newly confirmed DCE to exhibit much tolerance to accommodate all shades of opinions and suggestions in his administration of the area.