Why Do We Vote?

In 2011, Muhammadu Buhari, who was the then-presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change, won the votes in Kano by a landslide. Yet, Kano’s Gubernatorial election in that same year was declared for Kwankwaso of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). After Buhari joined the All Progressive Congress (APC), Kano voted for Buhari again in 2015 and 2019 at the Presidential elections. This non-partisan voting trend exhibited by the Kano electorate may be explained by the region’s

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