APC flags-off campaign for LG election in Kogi
Governor Ododo handing APC flag to one of the candidates in Kogi LG election
Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun
By Richard Elesho
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has commenced its campaigns for the 19 October Local Government election in Kogi State, with the governor Usman Ododo urging the people to come out and vote enmasse for candidates of the party across the state.
The flag-off held on Thursday, 19 September at the popular Muhammadu Buhari Square, MBS, in Lokoja, the state capital.
Ododo urged APC candidates and stakeholders to work for the total victory of the party in the election so that the electorate can continue enjoying the party’s manifestos.
The governor, who was joined by leaders of the party from the three senatorial districts of the state, used the occasion to present the scorecard of the APC-led administration in the state.
He noted that his administration has successfully implemented the 40 percent affirmative action for women in elective positions in the state with the party’s decision to reserve all vice chairmanship positions and at least four out of every councillorship positions in each of the 21 local government areas in the state for women, adding that appointments of Ward Special Assistants and Local Government Special Assistants has truly returned governance back to the people at the grassroots.
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He urged the people of the state to embrace peace and remain united behind the APC-led government, assuring that the party will continue to ensure that the resources of the state is utilized to lift the people out of poverty and consolidate on the achievements of the state government in all sectors of the economy.
“Our state is blessed with abundant mineral resources and human capital to lift us out of poverty. We must work hard to consolidate on the solid foundation laid by my predecessor and the immediate past administration in different sectors by supporting the APC,” he said.
Earlier, in his address, the state chairman of the APC, Alhaji Abdullahi Bello, commended Ododo for his exemplary performance, which he noted has made the local government election campaign easier for the party.
He urged members of the party to embark on door-to-door campaigns to ensure total victory for APC in the election.
The ceremony which attracted large turnout of APC members from the 21 local government areas in the state also saw the defection of Honourable Salman Idris representing Kabba-Bunu/Ijumu Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives from the African Democratic Congress, ADC, to the APC and deliverance of goodwill messages from the three Senatorial zones.
The high point of the occasion was the presentation of APC flags to the chairmanship candidates from the 21 local government areas in the state by the governor
