In Nangere and Potiskum, a name has taken root since 2022— not through billboards or campaign rallies, but through boreholes, streetlights, and repaired roads.
Behind it is Engr. Abubakar Adamu Waziri, the ADC candidate for the House of Representatives, whose pre-election footprint across the two local government areas has already reshaped daily life for thousands of residents — rural and urban alike.
Water, light, and roads — before a single vote is cast
When Engr. Waziri entered the political space ahead of the 2023 elections, he did not wait for a mandate to begin serving. Identifying access to clean water as an urgent priority, he donated over 100 pumps to repair damaged boreholes across Potiskum, Nangere, and surrounding villages.
He then went further, drilling over 150 new solar-powered boreholes to ensure communities had a reliable, sustainable water supply.
His attention did not stop at water.
Recognising that darkness compounds insecurity and limits productivity in rural areas, Waziri installed over 100 streetlights across Potiskum and Nangere LGAs and their surrounding communities.
On roads, he facilitated the reconstruction of the long-neglected Masaqar Makafi Road in Bolewa A Ward, Potiskum — a corridor that had been abandoned for years and carried out sand-filling on over 30 erosion-damaged streets to restore basic road access.
Empowerment on the ground
Between 2023 to present, Cargo expanded his focus to economic empowerment, organising programmes through which over 100 residents received farming equipment, generators, grinding machines, and startup capital for small businesses — practical interventions targeting everyday livelihoods rather than ceremonial donations.
Those who know him describe a leader who remains accessible and connected to the grassroots, one who treats every constituent with equal dignity regardless of social standing.
A constituency tired of waiting
The contrast with the constituency’s current APC representative has not gone unnoticed. Residents across Nangere and Potiskum say the incumbent has delivered little visible impact during his time in office — a reality that has steadily eroded goodwill and sharpened appetite for change.
“The people are watching,” as those close to the Cargo movement put it. “They are taking note.”
With 2027 approaching, Engr. Abubakar Adamu Waziri is banking on a straightforward proposition: that a constituency which has already seen what he can do without power will trust him with it. In Nangere and Potiskum, the argument is gaining ground — one borehole, one streetlight, one repaired road at a time.
Engr. Abubakar Adamu Waziri (Cargo) is the ADC candidate for the Nangere/Potiskum federal constituency in Yobe State.
