A group, the Kogi New Agenda for Change 2015 (KNAC) has endorsed Alhaji Yahaya Bello, a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as its candidate for next month’s primaries.
Addressing a news conference yesterday in Lokoja, the body’s National Coordinator, Folorunso Olushola, said Bello was the only aspirant on the party’s platform, who was concerned about the state’s development.
He regretted that Kogi, which was created in 1991, had remained underdeveloped when compared to other states. Bello is capable of turning around the state’s fortune, he said.
Olushola noted: “For instance, looking at Lokoja, the capital, you will observe that the state is backward. Kogi receives a higher allocation from the federation account than Kwara, from where it was carved out. Yet there is no development in the state.”
According to him, the future of the state would be secured with Bello as the governor.
“Kogi is in need of a young, experienced and vibrant person to pilot its affairs from next year. Bello is the man for the job.”