These are not the best of times for the Senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District, Atai Aidoko as his constituents are currently bitter with him.
A good number of people of the district are at loggerheads with the politician for allegedly hoarding tricycles (Keke NAPEP) motorcycles, sewing machines and grinding machines which they say were meant for their empowerment under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
According to the embittered constituents, the items were cornered by Sen. Aidoko, who is seeking re-election.
Sources within the senator’s constituents alleged further, that the politician has just released the hoarded motocycles and other materials because of the 2019 elections.
It was claimed, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator had warehoused the materials running into billions of naira instead of giving them out to constituents, which is why the sudden release is raising more questions than answers.
Members of the Senate are allowed to nominate projects in their constituents in alignment with SDG goals but funds meant for such projects are often diverted into buying give-aways like motocycles, sewing machines, grinding machines, which are then used as bait when elected representatives are due for re-election.
It was gathered that the senator kept the materials with the intention of using them as bait to entice delegates in the party’s convention.
This, some constituents claim, is because Aidoko had nothing to point to as major contribution to the welfare of the people of Kogi State.
A constituent from Kogi East Senatorial District who claimed to be in the know said: “I wonder why the senator is sharing these items now when in the last four years he had not done anything for his people. Kogi East voters are now wiser and would do what they have to do at the PDP primaries in September to choose someone who will truly have their interest at heart”, he lamented.
C: Ripples Nigeria
