Katung: I Joined APC Because Tinubu Has Done What No President Has for My People

John Shiklam in Kaduna 

The senator representing Kaduna South Senatorial District, Sunday Katung,  has said his recent defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives Congress  (APC) was informed by the “unprecedented federal attention to Southern Kaduna.”

Speaking with journalists, weekend, Katung said even if he had remained in the PDP, he  would have still worked for President Bola Tinubu. 

According to him, no president had done so much for the Southern Kaduna people like Tinubu.  

“Even if I stayed in PDP, I would have still worked 100 per cent for President Tinubu. No president, living or dead, has done for my people what he has done,” Katung said. 

According to him, Tinubu’s interventions, including the establishment of a Federal University and a  Federal Medical Centre, convinced him that full alignment with the president was the right step.

He described the projects as investments that would “outlive everyone.”

He added that consultations with stakeholders at home showed overwhelming support for his move. 

“Remaining in PDP while working for Tinubu would have amounted to antipathy. My people said when someone does this much for you, you do not stand aside,” he said.

Katung also highlighted his renewed push for the sickle cell bill, which he described as a lifelong personal mission. 

He recalled meeting a child during a sickle cell crisis in 1991, who pleaded with his parents to “allow him to die so they could rest,” a memory he said has continued to drive his advocacy.

Katung said his first attempt to sponsor the bill in 2016 stalled but insisted it must now be concluded because “too many people have died needlessly.”