Jigawa State citizens have called on political parties and candidates to review their manifestos and campaign strategies to suit the demand of the people of the state.

This was contained in a ”Next Jigawa guiding document” on the citizens’ inputs for the development of the state

Next Jigawa” is comprised of academicians, civil servants, professionals, businessmen, religious scholars, civil society activists and other non-partisan people who have a passion for the development of the state.

Chairman of the group,Professor Haruna Ibrahim,said that documents were produced to influence the political parties and their candidates to understand the citizens’ needs and work based on their demands.

According to him ” We have conducted a survey and also gathered citizens’ inputs from all the communities across the 27 local government areas of the state and we finally came up with this document which we hope will be adopted as a guide by political parties and their candidates”.

The document contains areas that need quick and urgent response such as education, health, civil service, commerce, environment and other areas”

If the inputs are considered, they would help in the development of the state.