By Abubakar Y Ojimaojo.
The coalition of Governor Yahaya Bello Students Social Media Influencers (GYSSMI) have endorsed the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Pharm Muhammad Jamiu Abdulkareem Asuku, to become next Governor of Kogi state.
According to the group, Asuku is the best man to sustain Governor Bello’s momentum of economic diversification and education reforms in the state.
The coalition threw its weight behind the Chief of Staff in a statement made available to newsmen in Lokoja on Friday.
Asuku picked the APC gubernatorial intent and nomination forms at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja on Friday.
In her statement, the GYSSMI state coordinator, Comrade Abubakar Fatimah Zahra, said Asuku tick all the boxes and remained the best for Lugard House.
Zahrah noted that Kogi state is about to witness an incipience of purposeful leadership.
She noted that ambition is birthed from the prism of experience and as a result of his diligence and dedication to serve his people is about to transmogrify into reality.
“Asuku Jamiu has demonstrated a good leadership quality since his emergence as a chief of staff to Governor Yahaya Bello and the cordial, mentor-protege relationship he shared with his boss coupled with working assiduously to actualize his boss’ dream of revitalizing the state has placed him in the right position and also as an added advantage for the sustainability of Governor Yahaya Bello legacy,” she said.
“The aforementioned body is a united and detribalised organization, formed to promote unity and peaceful coexistence among the younger generation in the state, as well as enhancing a cosmopolitan and all-inclusive society.”
While calling on Asuku to enter the contest for the APC gubernatorial ticket, the group urged the ruling party to narrow its search to the Chief of Staff.
