2023 Presidency: Kogi SSAs Forum canvass support from colleagues, other groups in Niger State
Determined to ensure they reach all Stakeholders and solicit support for Governor Yahaya Bello in 2023 Presidential polls, forum of Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) from the state has urged their colleagues and other groups to back Governor Yahaya Bello.
To this end, the SSAs urged their colleagues in Niger State to take the gospel of the Governot to all corners of the state as part of North Central Geopolitical Zone solidarity and as part of efforts to replicate what the Governor has achieved to all parts of the country.
Chairman, Forum of SSAs in Kogi State, Hon Ismail Umar had told his colleagues that Niger and Kogi share common sociocultural, genealogical and political ancestry, hence the need to cooperate for the progress and development of Nigeria, using Yahaya Bello as a poster child.
He used the occasion to enjoin his colleagues to look at the security challenges in the country, especially Niger state, saying Kogi is singing a different song because of the priority that Governor Bello has placed on the sector.
Hon Ismail stressed that youth and women involvement, inclusion of the vulnerable in the society and other neglected groups was a pointer to the commitment of the Governor to do things differently and pave the way for a more united, secured and developed Nigeria beginning from his home state of Kogi.
Responding, the Chairman of the Forum of Senior Special Assistants in Niger State, Hon Katuka Ahmed praised the decision of his colleagues to pay them the visit and praised Governor Bello for his foresight and youth inclusiveness in governance.
He was however quick to remind his Kogi State colleagues that his Governor, who is relatively also a youth, has also included the demographic in his policies and programmes.
Hon Katuka noted that women, youth and the vulnerable members of the society have also had their fair share in the government of current administration in Niger State.
Earlier in a strategic meeting with the leadership of the Inter Tribal Groups and the Ebira People’s Association in Niger State, the SSAs Forum urged them to back the Governor having done so much for groups similar to theirs and based in Kogi State to advance their cause.
The Senior Special Assistant to the Niger State Governor on Political Matters, Hon Salihu Ahmed who is from Kogi State used the occasion to praise his state Governor for the manner of his administration, stressing he would mobilize necessary support for the presidential bid.
He said he was proud as a citizen of Kogi State in view of the pride Governor Bello has brought to the state since assumption of office.
The President of Inter Tribal Groups in the state, Mr Wilson Orukpe; the Secretary, Mrs Gloria Dopsel; the Organising Secretary, Mr Suleiman Ahmed; the Youth Leader, Ma’aroof Abdulyakeen and others pledged their commitment to the cause even as they prayed for the success of the movement.
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