The All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu, has promised to accelerate the economic development if voted into office.
Audu, who made the promised while receiving the indigenes living in the United States (US), said it was regrettable that the state was stagnant and required efforts to terminate the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) government via the November 21 governorship election.
The APC standard-bearer, who promised to ensure the development of the state, said Kogites in the diaspora would see a new state if they returned after six months of his administration.
He said the previous governments failed to improve on his performance when he left the Lugard House in 2003.
Ex-Governor Audu has just returned to the country after trips to the United Kingdom and the United States where he conferred with stakeholders and business communities on his blueprint to build a new state.
He left the country after he picked a member of the House of Representatives, Abiodun Falake, as his running mate and inaugurated the Prince Abubakar Audu Campaign (PAAC) organisation in Lokoja, the capital.
Speaking on his plan for the state, Audu said: “I will advance on the infrastructure and human developments that have been in ruin. Kogi was the fastest growing state when I was the governor, but the same story does not apply now.
“Kogi is the poorest and most backward state in the country. So, it is sort of a great concern to all of us. We are very sad about it. This is why it is imperative for me to come back and take the state out of the woods.”
