By; ADAMA JOHN, Lokoja
Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo has assured Kogites that the party will win the November 11, 2023 polls, “massively”.
Speaking with journalists during the weekend in Lokoja, Fanwo said the pedigree of the party in the state is such that the opposition will “continue to struggle”, adding that the aspiration of Alh. Usman Ododo is a “movement of a united Kogi people”.
“Our candidate, Alh. Usman Ahmed Ododo has met virtually all key stakeholders in Kogi state as he continues on his way to consolidate on the legacies of Alh. Yahaya Bello,” he assured.
He is confident that his programmes and the achievements of the Yahaya Bello administration will deliver victory to him.
To him, the commitment of stalwarts and compatriots across ethnic, religious and class lines has been phenomenal, a clear demonstration of what Yahaya Bello laboured for seven years to build.
He boasted that the incumbent governor delivered Kogi to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, won all the three Senatorial seats, won six of the nine Reps seats and won 22 of the 25 Assembly seats.
The APC Chieftain said those campaigning on ethnic lines “missed their roads to a new Kogi where ethnicity and religion do not determine who drives the car but the competence to drive the car”, insisting that they will “meet their political Waterloo at the appropriate time”.
The state image maker opned that “Ethnic and religious politics ended in Kogi in January 2016 and will never raise its ugly head again. That is why those who truly cherish the development of our State are leaving our opponents in their sinking ship to join the Team that has done Kogi proud in the last seven years”, he said.
“While they are talking about ethnic agenda, we are discussing with Kogites, how to take the budget for education and healthcare further. We are discussing with Kogites how to expand the nets of our health insurance to capture more beneficiaries and how to empower rural women and rural farmers”
On the vandalization of the Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation at Ochaja, Fanwo said the State Government is still awaiting police investigations on the matter, assuring the people that those who vandalized the broadcast facility will surely be brought to book.
“We are in touch with security agencies and we have given them the intelligence at our disposal. They know how to do their job and we are confident they will get to the root of the matter”assuring that it will soon be back on air after improving the security around our broadcast facilities across the state”.
