Director General, Kabba-Bunu APC Governorship Campaign Council, Otunba Adeniyi Olayemi, has expressed confidence that the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Alhaji Usman Ododo, will win the November 11 poll.
Speaking at the inauguration of the Kabba-Bunu campaign council on Monday, Otunba Olayemi commended leaders and members for their consistency and readiness to work for the success of the party.
He appealed to them to join him and deliver massive votes for Ododo/Joel in Kabba-Bunu local government area so the party can emerge victorious at the Kogi governorship poll.
Otunba Olayemi also appealed to those that are aggrieved for one reason or the other to close ranks, pointing out that the new system will have a better way of rewarding people and communities that works during elections.
He said the APC is a party that have the capacity to deliver on promises, adding that with President Bola Tinubu in Abuja, the local government and indeed the entire state cannot afford to go into the opposition against the federal government considering projects that Kogi is looking forward to get from them.
Addressing the newly inaugurated members of the campaign council, the Director General of APC Kogi West Campaign Council, Hon. Funsho Olumoko, charged the committee members to go into the nooks and crannies of the local government to preach and canvass votes from the people.
He assured them that the leadership of the party in the state now have a better reward system that will passes through the party structures
He said people should not have doubting minds as the party and its governorship candidate is formidable hence there is no need for them to dissipate unnecessary energy in looking elsewhere.
Olumoko pointed out that the opposition parties in the state do not have the capacity to challenge the ruling party in the election.
He noted that the way men and women of good will are jetting out of their party to join APC is a sign that the opposition parties are already in distress, urging them to work with their leaders to deliver massive votes to the APC considering the remarkable achievements of the Governor Yahaya Bello Led administration in the local government.
The Executive Chairman of Kabba-Bunu, Hon Moses Olorunleke said the local government will deliver more votes to the party than before considering the people that have join the party in the area, stressing that the rivalry between Kabba and Bunu districts is a healthy one that will produce more votes for the party.
He said the local government cannot do otherwise because they have the highest graded chiefs in the just concluded grading and upgrading of chiefs in the state, noted that it is the love of the administration that bring about that.
Also Speaking, Hon Wemi Jones noted that the monumental effects of the newly established Kogi State University in Kabba when fully operational cannot be over emphasized hence it will improve the economic situation of not only the host community but the entire zonal tremendously, noted that the people should not look bad by voting for the party that will guarantee the stead growth of the institution to stand the test of time.
Commander Jerry Omodara said the party is formidable, that the people of Kabba-Bunu cannot allow themselves to be left out considering the good will of Governor Yahaya Bello towards the local government.
While the former Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Matthew Kolawole urged all leaders of the party to close rank to move the party forward.
Kolawole noted that he has an intel that some persons are working to make some leaders lose their units because of appointments, warning that anyone that try it around his unit or ward may have him or her self to be blamed.
Hon Bode Adeyemi commended the party faithfuls for their steadfastness in working for the overall success of the party, prayed that as they work, they will also partake of the benefits when the time comes
He said the process for Okunland to produce the governor of the state have started again, stressing that he convened a submit in 2019 to have a well documented agreement on who Governor Yahaya Bello will handover to in Kogi West but the leaders from the area did not allow it to work.
He urged the people to return home and continue to work for the overall success of the party.
While Barrister Alfred Bello said that the major opposition party is dead in the state, but appealed to the APC structures from the ward to accommodate the people that are still coming to join the party.
He said they should not be afraid of their coming as they are coming onboard to add value to the governing party to secure more votes than before.
While Engr. SB Bello appreciated the love at which they were received into the party, advised that the leaders of the party need to continue to work together for the overall interest of the local government and themselves.
The event which was well attended by stalwarts of the party in the local government, have the Director General of APC Kogi West Campaign Council, Hon. Funsho Olumoko, the zonal chairman of the party, Hon. Anjorin John, the Deputy Director General, Mrs Dawudu Janet, Hon. Ipinmisho Shuaibu, Special Adviser to Kogi Governor on Water Resources among several others
Highlight of the event was the oaths taking administered by Barrister Boluromi Emmanuel while the zonal chairman, Hon Anjorin John inaugurated the campaign committees.
