Niger: Vatsa appointed SDP campaign spokesperson, days after dumping APC

Former Niger State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Jonathan Vatsa, has been appointed Spokesperson and Director of Contacts and Mobilisation of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, governorship run assembly up of the 2027 wide elections.

Vatsa precocious defected from the All Progressives Congress, APC, to the SDP.

The SDP governorship candidate, Mohammed Ndarani Mohammed, SAN, announced the appointments successful a missive personally signed by him and made disposable to journalists successful Minna connected Friday.

The appointments came hardly 48 hours aft Vatsa defected from the APC to the SDP alongside much than 200 supporters.

Ndarani described Vatsa, a erstwhile pioneer Publicity Secretary of the APC successful Niger State, arsenic an outspoken person with sizeable grassroots influence, media acquisition and mobilisation capacity.

He said the erstwhile commissioner's governmental acquisition and connection skills would fortify the SDP's efforts to situation the ruling APC successful the authorities successful 2027.

"Your assignment is simply a testament to your towering governmental profile, fearless advocacy, exceptional oratory, media absorption skills, profound grassroots penetration and unmatched mo...