The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Mr Dumebi Kachikwu has promised to tackle perennial flood menace rocking Kogi and other states in Nigeria.
Speaking at a town hall meeting in Lokoja on Thursday, Dumebi commiserated with the victims and families of those who lost their lives and property due to flooding.
“We cannot allow our people to continue to suffer hardships; this flood has cost us billions, several lives lost, farmlands and property destroyed.
“We must start thinking differently. We must know what we have and what we can do with the available resources,” he said.
Dumebi stressed the need to start re-planning by going back to the basis where the nation got it wrong.
According to him, the country needs to get experts to come and examine our flood patterns to understand the gravity of flooding in every season; to know what we need to do.
He promised to collaborate with experts in steel management across the globe to revamp ailing Ajaokuta Steel Company.
He emphasised that some vested interests had stopped the steel company from working for years.
Dumebi assured the people of his commitment and vision to turn things around and alleviate their suffering as well as Nigeria at large.
He, therefore, urged the people to vote for him and all the ADC candidate at all levels across the state come 2023.
A former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Kogi State, Mrs Justina Abanida, urged the people to rally round the presidential candidate and vote massively for ADC.
State Chairman of ADC, Mr Kingsley Ogga, assured the presidential candidate that Kogi remained a stronghold of ADC.
Ogga promised that they would deliver the state in a landslide victory for ADC at the poll in the 2023 presidential elections.
