Kogi lawmakers advise Yahaya Bello to contest 2023 presidency
NEWS DIGEST – The Kogi house of assembly, on Wednesday, advised the Governor, Yahaya Bello, to run for president or vice-president in the 2023 general elections.
The vote of confidence was passed by the right honourable speaker and members of the state assembly at Wednesday’s plenary session after Majority Leader Hassan Abdullahi moved a motion to endorse the governor for the role.
The Lawmaker adjudged the governor worthy of leading the country, noting the “sound economic policies and programmes” in Kogi State since his emergence in 2016.
Hassan mentioned Bello’s achievements in securing lives and properties in Kogi state, and the upturn seen in negative trends within the state.
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“Under his watch, Kogi State has been transformed from the kidnap capital of Nigeria outside the embattled north-east, into a polity where abduction of humans for ransom, along with other violent crimes like armed robbery and the formerly ubiquitous herdsmen scourge, have become mere optimistic aberrations.
“That this at various times, culminated in Kogi State ranking as the second most peaceful state in the federation and the most peaceful in the North.
“Yahaya Bello by his creative governance style has somehow engineered a reversal of several negative national development indicators in Kogi State. Examples abound everywhere.
“[The] Kogi state house of assembly further make a call to national service to His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State and we hereby impress it upon him to run for the office of the president or vice-president of Nigeria in 2023—after his current assignment in Kogi State,” Hassan said.
According to Hassan, Bello has the right mix of youth and experience, and his track record answers any doubt on his ability to lead the country in 2023 and beyond.
The state assembly’s endorsement comes days after Kingsley Fanwo, Commissioner of Information, revealed that Governor Bello had been asked by many persons to seek the seat of president in the 2023 elections.
