Kogi Gubernatorial election: YPP Candidate ,Dr. Omale Promises to run digital, visionary, empathic Administration.
* To focus on agriculture, infrastructures.
The candidate of the Young Progressive Party YPP, Dr. Samson Agada Omale has assured the people of Kogi state to run digital, purposeful and knowledge driven administration with focus on agriculture and infrastructure development.
The candidate of YPP gave the assurance during the primary election of the party held on Monday in Lokoja.
He assured the people that Kogi resources would be well harnessed with improved infrastructure development, better welfare, as unemployment would be gone under his leadership.
”We will make Kogi to become a template of development for Nigeria. It is do able through a viable leadership. Expect a servant leader in me,” he said.
Dr Omale urged the people to come out en masse on November 11,2023 and elect credible leader that would have their interest at heart, saying he is such a man.
Meanwhile, the primary election screening committee chairman, David komolafe said Dr. Omale was duely screened and met all the requirements to contest on the platform of the party.
He disclosed that Omale was returned unopposed during the primary election saying representative of INEC , Egbeye Olagoke and Security Agencies monitored the exercise.
He said a total of 184 delegates from the 21 local government areas of Kogi were accredited to vote with respect to the party’s Constitution.
Komolafe, who doubles as the State’s Secretary of the party, said that the only other aspirant, Mrs Funmilayo Olumodeji voluntarily stepped down for Omale earlier in the day.
”Dr Omale has therefore been unanimously elected unopposed by the delegates since other aspirant has stepped down,” he said.
The State’s chairman of the party, Dr Victor Akubo, affirmed the decision of the party’s delegates and appreciated the other aspirants from the beginning for their sportsmanship.
He congratulated the party’s candidate for emerging winner, and urged him to make the party and state proud when he eventually become Kogi state governor.
He described the governorship Candidate as God fearing, transparent, accountable and competent man, saying his emergence was the will of God.
Akubo thanked the INEC officials for their presence to monitor the exercise, saying it was a free, fair, credible and transparent process.
