Governor-elect of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has said he would work hard to make the state great politically, economically and socially as soon as he is sworn in as a substantial governor despite the huge debt profile of the state left by the administra tions before his. He made this known yesterday after collecting the Certificate-of-Return from INEC’s High Commissioner, North West zone, Chris Ehi moga in Kaduna. El-Rufai lamented that the state had not witnessed serious development in the last eight years. To this end, he said his administration would double its efforts with the meagrere sources it had to bring reason able and admirable development that could be compared to other states in the country. "The campaign period is now over. We have no time to exault in our victory. There is so much to do to make Kaduna State great again. We need to begin the hard work of change. As the leader of the APC, Kaduna Change Team, I assure you that we shall do our best to restore Kaduna to a state that works for you. We shall be doing so under serious constraints," he stated. "Our state is heavily indebted at a time when oil prices are low. Our state has not seen significant development in the last eight years. We must work twice as hard with half the resources of the last eight years just to catch up with our neighbors. We must be disciplined, focused and prudent to do so.In accepting my election as governor of Kaduna State, I pledge to do all that is humanly possible to move our dear state forward, beginning from today."
