2023 Presidency: He Has Performed Well - Kogi Assembly Endorse Bello

The Kogi State Assembly has endorsed the state Governor Yahaya Bello to contest in the 2023 Presidential election.

Making the decision to endorse the state governor after Hassan Abdulahi the majority leader moved the motion, the lawmakers believed that Bello, who is serving his second tenure as the state governor, had done well as the Governor.

According to the lawmakers, the governor had, since his assumption of office in 2016, launched sound economic policies and programmes.

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Further stating that Kogi State has been transformed with Bello as the state governor, a statement by the lawmakers read:

“The right honourable speaker and honourable members of the Kogi state house of assembly upon due deliberation of proper motion, therefore, do hereby unanimously make and pass a vote of confidence on his excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state.

“Under his watch, Kogi state has been transformed from the kidnap capital of Nigeria outside the embattled north-east, into a polity where abduction of humans for ransom, along with other violent crimes like armed robbery and the formerly ubiquitous herdsmen scourge, have become mere opportunistic aberrations.

“That this at various times, culminated in Kogi state ranking as the second most peaceful state in the federation and the most peaceful in the North.

“Yahaya Bello by his creative governance style has somehow engineered a reversal of several negative national development indicators in Kogi state. Examples abound everywhere.

“That this Kogi state house of assembly further makes a call to national service to His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state and we hereby impress it upon him to run for the office of the president or vice-president of Nigeria in 2023 – after his current assignment in Kogi state.

“That this solemn call is first and foremost premised upon and borne of our belief that the subject, Yahaya Bello, is a fit and proper person, with the right mix of youth, experience and track record to answer – same firmly and decisively in 2023 and beyond.”

AllNews recalls that Kingsley Fanwo, a commissioner serving under the leadership of Bello, revealed that his principal was under pressure to contest at the 2023 presidential election