Kogi 2023: Former Naval Chief, Usman Jubril picks Accord party governorship ticket, vows to return Kogi Lost glory.
Olu Samuel, Lokoja
The former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Usman Jibril has picked the governorship ticket of the Accord Party in the forthcoming Kogi Governorship election.
This follows the resignation of Big Dan who earlier picked the ticket of the party in the primary held last month
Admiral Jibril former member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and also APC governorship aspirant in 2019 was handed the ticket as a consensus candidate by the delegates on Tuesday after the party’s primary which took place at Kefas multi-purpose hall in Lokoja.
In his acceptance speech, he said he is on a rescue mission promising that if elected as the next Governor of Kogi state his administration will transform the state.
He also promised to end the percentage salary paid to workers at the local government level adding that civil servants in the state will not regret it if voted as the next Governor of Kogi State.
The former Admiral said the state has suffered a lot under the administration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as the governor of the state, stressing that this time around he is ready to face any obstacles to make sure he becomes the next Governor of Kogi State.
“My people have waited for me for too long, I am here on a rescue mission,even though the journey is going to be tedious,but we are are ready, members of Accord Party has spoken and has given us the mandate,we will not disappoint you.
I salute those who stepped down for me and I want to assure them that I will surely bring victory to the party”.
“I dedicate myself to the service of the people.our state is facing serious challenges and it requires on someone courageous like me to pull it out of the woods of the past few years. There will be no such thing as percentage salaries, our pensioners have suffered enough, under my watch there would be no fake alerts as currently happening to some workers. The state is on sabbatical and in urgent need of surgery.
If Lagos is gradually turning to Dubai of some sorts,why can’t it be replicated in Kogi “The poverty index of Kogi is too high despite enomours resources available in the state.”
He promised to develop Lokoja the state capital of Kogi state which he said the state capital needs to be developed because Lokoja is the first capital of Nigeria.
He warned those who may be Planing to gorment trouble to be careful as no thurgery would be tolerated come November which would be “fire for fire”.