Kogi State House of Assembly member Representing Okene I Constituency, Hon. Lawi AT Ahmed, has urged
Kogites not to lose hope in kogi state as a result of the current challenges.
Charging the people to see the new year with renewed optimism, Hon. Lawi urged them to be active participants in the struggle to bring about change by democratic means.
In a new year message signed by Comrade Danfulani Ohinoyi Lukman, his media aide, he said democracy offered the people the opportunity to use their power to bring about the desired change.
He advised political leaders to embrace the spirit of tolerance, adding that people should not become enemies
because of political, ethnical or religious differences.
“Elective offices should be perceived as an opportunity to offer selfless service rather than personal enrichment,” he
said.
“I urge the people of Kogi State to support this new administration so that they can contribute their own quota to the state.”
He implored all leaders to cut down on extravagant lifestyles because of the current economy slump in the country,
saying “It is not enough to tell ordinary Kogites to make sacrifices in the face of economic austerity, while the
leaders are reluctant to evenly share the burden of such.
