Ahead of the elec­tion to get a re­placement for impeached Gov­ernor Murtala Nyako, a non-political association, Adamawa Strategic Alli­ance (ASA), has appealed to political parties to de-emphasise ethnicity and religion in the choice of their candidates for the poll.
The group made the call in a communique it issued after its meeting at Lelewal Hotels in Yola and read  by Professor Alikidon Voh.
The association also en­dorsed zoning of political offices as a necessary tool in ensuring fairness in  politi­cal parties in the state, say­ing it would give the people a sense of belonging  in the affairs of the parties.
Pledging to support any candidate with good charac­ter and with a development-oriented agenda in  the next governorship election, ASA however, disclosed  that one of its members, Sena­tor Abubakar Girei, had declared his interest in the poll, urging other aspirants with good blueprints on how to develop the state to make them known to the as­sociation.
The group, Voh said was interested in promot­ing good governance in the state, hence it associated itself with the impeach­ment of Governor Murtala Nyako by Adamawa State House of Assembly. The development, ASA said, would strengthen democ­racy and organs of govern­ment through the institution of checks and balances in the system.
The  communique de­scribed the action of the lawmakers as an act of pa­triotism towards saving the state from impunity in gov­ernance as allegedly per­petrated by the Nyako-led administration in Adamawa State, appealing to the law­makers to sustain the cour­age by ensuring good gov­ernance in the state.
 

Adamawa re-run election: De-emphasise ethnicity, religion, politicians told