Ahead of 19th October, 2024 slated for local government election in Kogi state, the state Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, has promised to ensure a free, fair conduct of the election.
Governor Ododo who stated this during the flag-off campaign rally for the council election on Thursday, said adequate security and a level playing ground will be provided to enable all political parties participate in the election.
Governor Ododo who commended President Ahmed Bola Tinubu for making security top priority of his administration he assured that the election will not only be peaceful but free, fair and transparent.
He appealed to the people to support the president in his drive to reposition the economy of the country, saying that the president meant well for the nation, assuring that the people will soon continue to see the dividends of his efforts, adding that the hardship being experience now will soon be a thing of the past.
Speaking further he told APC members and support to go out enmass on October 19 to cast their votes for APC, saying that the party meant well for the people and will continue to deliver dividends of democracy to them.
“The party cares about the welfare of the people of the state. I urged you therefore to work for the candidates that will utilize your resources to work for you and those are the candidates of our party the APC.
“The mandate given to me as Governor his is to work for the benefits of the people and not about noice making. I and my team will continue to do that without making noise about it.
“We have been able to intervene in the provision of quality and adequate health for our people, improved infrastructure, investment in education, youth employment and women empowerment, which he said will form the basis of the APC campaign”.
The chairman of APC in the state Hon. Abdullahi Bello in his welcome address advised members of the party and supporters to engage in door to door campaign to get more support for the candidates of the party
He assured that the party is going to win all the chairmanships positions, because the party has done well in the state.
The representatives of the three districts , Ibrahim Ahovi, Kogi Central, Matthew Kolawole, Kogi west and Hon. Comfort Egwuaba in their various speeches assured that the votes from their areas will be total, saying there are no opposition anywhere in the state again
Earlier, the chairman of the Chairman of the APC local government campaign committee, Prof. Salisu Ogbo Usman noted that the governor has simplified their job by over 90% with his impressive performance in office as Governor.
Prof. Usman who scored the Governor high in Agriculture, infrastructural development, payment of salary to both State and LG workers, added that this is also another campaign point for the committee.
The high point of the occasion is the presentation of flags to the 21 chairmanship candidates of the party and the defection of Hon. Salman Idris, member representing Kabba/ Bunu/Ijumu Federal constituency in the national Assembly, who defected to the APC from the, Africa Democratic Congress, (ADC), along side his teeming supporters.
Hon. Idris was thereafter presented with the party flag and the broom which the governor said is the symbol of the APC.
