I Will Handover To A Successor That Will Consolidate On My Myriad Achievement —— Gov Bello

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has reiterated his commitment to hand over the state to a successor who would be committed to continuity and consolidation of his far-reaching legacies of his administration for the transformation and development of the state.

Governor Bello stated this in his address to mark the 32nd anniversary of the creation of Kogi State.

According to him, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo is the candidate that was unanimously selected and presented to Kogi State as the candidate for the 2023 gubernatorial elections, noting that Ododo and Joel are the preferred successor to the GYB years.

“Today, I look to that future with an urgent imperative to ensure that we do not fall into the hands of a leadership in our State after me that will ignore the needs of our people or of our State for good governance and proportional cum accelerated development that respects our great diversity.

“We anticipate improved infrastructure, education, healthcare, security and agricultural advancements, with enhanced cooperation and integration amongst citizens.

“In this regard, and as I round off my time in office, I aim to ensure that Kogi State transitions into the hands of a successor that is committed to continuity and consolidation of the far-reaching legacies of our administration and is able to keep providing our people with the empathetic, practical and transformational leadership that is so crucial to the next stage of our development.

“Alhaji Ododo Ahmed Usman is the candidate that we have selected and presented to Kogi State as the candidate for the 2023 Gubernatorial Elections and our preferred successor to the GYB years. He is well known for his humility and humanness, underlined by professionalism and strong leadership skills.

“I am confident in his ability to continue the upward trend in our growth graph established by our New Direction Administration and I solicit your support for him in the November 11 Kogi State Governorship Elections.

Speaking on the fuel subsidy removal, Governor Bello declared that Kogi State is fully in support of the hard decision taken by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to free Nigeria from some institutionalised practices that perpetually threw Nigerians into a precarious situation and hardship.

“For the records, Kogi State is fully in support of recent hard decisions taken by the Administration of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to free Nigeria from some institutionalised practices with which ordinary Nigerians have been forced, for far too long, to subside their own despoliation at the hands of a rapacious few among the elite.

“I refer, of course, to the removal of the agelong fuel subsidy regime and the floating of the Naira.

“The twin policies, though acutely necessary for freeing our people from the clutches of chronic exploitation, have not been without labour pains. Indeed, their implementation have been quite hard on all Nigerians, including our people here in Kogi State.

“In response, the Federal Government has laid out a scheme of palliatives to cushion some of the painful impact. Let me assure us that here in Kogi State your Government is putting finishing touches to your own basket of palliatives and will soon deliver them to your doorsteps. These are hard times, but we promise to be with you every step of the way” the governor stated.