Former Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Umar Ahmed Imam, has declared help for Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo’s re-election bid in November 2027, insisting that the agitation for energy rotation shouldn’t deny the incumbent the chance to serve a constitutionally permitted second time period.
Imam, who can be the All Progressives Congress (APC) chief in Lokoja Local Government Area, said this on Saturday at a press convention held on the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre in Lokoja.
He acknowledged that energy rotation amongst Kogi Central, Kogi East and Kogi West remained a legit demand for fairness, equity and peaceable coexistence, however argued that the precept shouldn’t be used to forestall Ododo from in search of re-election.
The former speaker recalled that stakeholders from completely different ethnic, political, age and gender teams had gathered at Galaxy Event Centre in Lokoja for a summit to deliberate on energy rotation and equitable political illustration within the state.
According to him, representatives of varied curiosity teams, ethnic associations, political events and native authorities areas had since returned to their communities to evaluate the resolutions reached on the summit.
Imam stated vital stakeholders in Lokoja Local Government Area had examined the end result of the assembly and endorsed energy rotation as a political association able to selling peace, unity and concord among the many state’s three senatorial districts.
He, nevertheless, maintained that the precept shouldn’t be utilized in a means that might undermine the incumbent governor’s constitutional proper to hunt one other time period.
The APC chief argued that elected officers throughout the nation, together with councillors, native authorities chairmen, members of state and National Assemblies, in addition to President Bola Tinubu, had been in search of re-election or one other time period the place constitutionally permitted.
“It will therefore be curious to now subject the well-deserved return of Governor Ododo to an unwarranted debate,” he stated.
Imam consequently declared the help and dedication of Lokoja stakeholders to Ododo’s re-election in November 2027, calling on individuals of goodwill throughout the state to hitch the marketing campaign.
He stated the governor’s return would consolidate the prevailing peace in Kogi State and allow him to maintain and enhance on his administration’s developmental programmes.
The former speaker additionally urged stakeholders who endorsed the governor to translate their declaration into concrete political motion, stressing that their dedication ought to transcend press statements and media protection.
He expressed optimism that the declaration would mobilise help for Ododo’s second-term ambition and strengthen efforts in the direction of the continued improvement of Kogi State.
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