The national chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie Oyegun, yesterday said the ruling party was impressed with the many achievements of the Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, especially in the area of Agriculture and Education.

Oyegun made the commendation at the opening ceremony of the second annual retreat for the Sokoto State Executive Council, Permanent Secretaries and Directors-General themed; “Consolidation of Achievements and New Strategies for Efficient Service Delivery in Sokoto State,” at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), near Jos.

He noted that by focusing on education, especially girl-child education in Sokoto State, the impact will continue into the future and urged that the country continue to focus on agricultural crops it can best produce and export.

“We inherited a bad economy but steadily we’ve progressed, we have now taken the turn to consolidate the economy.

“Our country is making very positive progress; forget the arguments on uniform or certificates bedeviling Abuja,” Oyegun said.

Declaring the retreat open, Tambuwal said it was meant to be a midterm assessment of his administration and stressed that the first retreat held in Kaduna gave rise to a declaration of a state of emergency in the education sector which is presently pursued vigorously.

Earlier, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Mohammad Sa’ad Abubakar, had called on the state government to organise a more elaborate retreat to cover the three arms of government and the local governments.