Why I Joined Politics – AA Zaura
Kano State-born business mogul, philanthropist and founder of A.A Zaura Foundation, Abdulsalam Abdulkarim Zaura, popularly known as A.A. Zaura, has stated that his passion to “touch more lives” and serve his people was his motivation to join politics.
He disclosed this in a chat with journalists on Monday in Abuja, saying that, “being a philanthropist, when I associated myself with the masses, I saw there is need to join politics because I think that what I am doing as a philanthropist for them was not enough. So, I decided to join politics so I can have enough time to touch lives and to do much more for the people.
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“At times when one say these people always think that politicians always say they join politics because of the people. However, to justify this statement, you need to check their antecedents; is this person really for the people or he is for himself?
“Honestly, what motivated me to join politics is the people, I joined politics for the people, I have been doing it for the people. I am doing it not because I want to gain from it, I am doing it to give my time, to give what I can give to my society, to give what I can to my country. These are the motives behind my joining politics,” he said.
Zaura, who contested and lost the Kano Central Senatorial seat in the 2023 general election under the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC), added that it was his desire to make life better for his people that birthed his humanitarian organisation, the AA Zaura Foundation.
According to him, “the Foundation is working even after the election; we lost the election and the next day we started working.This Foundation is for the people, the day the Foundation stops working is the day I stop breathing.
