The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 11 governorship election in Kogi state, Senator Dino Melaye, has expressed confidence that the party will emerge victorious at the poll.
Melaye said PDP remains the party to beat in the November elections because of the level of devastation being left behind by the outgoing All Progressives Congress (APC) administration.
Speaking after a meeting of Kogi PDP stakeholders from the three senatorial zones of the state, with the members of the National Working Committee at the party‘s national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday.
Melaye said the incoming PDP administration will repair the damage done to the state by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state.
“PDP is going to win the election in Kogi State because we have never had it so bad in the history of Kogi State.
“Our people were impoverished, salaries have not been paid, pensions have not been paid, gratuity has not been paid, the health sector is non-existent, in fact, all the General Hospitals in the state are mere consulting clinics.
“Education has gone moribund, this is what the PDP is coming to ameliorate and palate. I want to assure you that by the grace of God. With the resolutions of this meeting, with the strategy adopted in this meeting, PDP is good to go in Kogi State.
“My charge to Kogi State is that they should not be Intimidated by the APC, by the threat, violence, the humiliation by the APC should not deter them from exercising their Democratic rights. I want to assure you that we will protect our people,” Melaye said.
Speaking earlier at the stakeholders meeting, the acting National Chairman of the PDP, Ambassador Iliya Damagun, assured that total reconciliation of members of the party in the state would be achieved.
He said Governor Ademola Adeleke who is the chairman of the PDP Kogi State campaign committee is prepared to do all that is necessary to bring everyone together to ensure victory at the poll.
“We have already seen prospects in the coming election in the Kogi election. So, this meeting is to know your challenges and to know how to work on the reconciliation before the election.
“This reconciliation will take three stages from the ward, local government and state. I am glad most of the senior stakeholders are here and they are supposed to anchor that reconciliation. Because we are from outside the state we can only encourage you to work on the reconciliation.
“I am delighted to tell you that the Osun State Governor who is the Chairman of the Kogi Campaign committee has promised that he will go to each zone to sit down with you on a zonal basis.
“He will campaign in all these places and he is very much alive to this responsibility in Kogi.
“In this meeting, we want your leaders to tell us where they want us to come in so that we can work together for victory,” Damagun stated.
