In a bid to mobilize grassroots support for the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the November governorship election, Alh Usman Ododo and his running mate, Comrade Joel Oyibo, wife of the Auditor General of Kogi State, Hajiya Jemila Yakubu Okala has distributed clothing and food stuff worth millions of Naira to various women support groups and families.
Hajiya Okala, while flagging off the distribution of the items at Ajiolo Ajikpome community in Dekina local government area, maintained that the kind gesture was a frantic measure put in place to mitigate the harsh effect of the economic reality bedeviling families as well as networking for the actualization of Ododo Ahmed governorship ambition come November 11.
She tasked all the women support groups, families, beneficiaries of the largesse and the totality of Odu ward one, Odu ward two and Ajiolo communities to turn out en-masse to cast their votes for the All Progressives Congress and its governorship candidate, Usman Ododo.
According to Hajiya Okala, the realization of Ododo as governor of Kogi State beyond 2024 will bring more socio-economic and infrastructural transformation to all the nooks and crannies of the state.
She applauded the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello and her husband, Alhaji Yakubu Yusuf Okala for their dedication and tireless efforts geared towards advancing the cause of development of rural communities and investments in human capacity growth.
Some of the benefitaries of the free gifts expressed gratitude to Hajiya Jemila Yakubu Okala for remembering them through her milk of human kindness as they prayed God in His mercies and benevolence to continue to guide, protect and blessed her for the good deeds.
They assured of their unfettered and unwavering political support for Ododo’s governorship aspiration by canvassing grassroots solidarity through their bloc votes come November 11 election.
Our correspondent who covered the epoch making ceremony observed that Ajiolo Ajikpome community came to a halt as horde of All Progressives Congress party faithfuls besieged the community to demonstrate their collective readiness to support YY Okala in delivering one hundred percent vote for the party and its candidate during the election.
