Group under the aegis of Progressive Ambassadors(PAs), has expresses confident that Yahaya Bello would deliver if voted as number one citizen of the country. The group regarded as frivolous, a comment by one Usman Okai Austine to demarket Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state whose popularity hinges on the fact that he is building bridges of unity and inclusiveness within his state in particular and across the nation in general.
According to the forum, Okai, in a publication on his Facebook page circulated to other social media platforms painted Gov. Bello as being divisive and tribalistic in his handling of affairs of the state with particular reference to the recent visit to President Muhammadu Buhari by a delegation from Kogi state, tagging the Governor , alleging that he selected only people from his senatorial district.
In a statement by the National Coordinator, Secretary general and Treasurer , Abba Adaudu, Mr. Omale Omale and Chris Ngara respectively, say “Ordinarily, one would have ignored Okai whose regular media outings is not only mischievous and malicious but aimed at distorting facts and misinforming the unsuspecting public to score political points, however, we feel duty bound to put the record straight especially on the recent visit to Daura.
“Apart from the delegates which the poster deliberately mentioned in his publication to have been selected only from the governor’s tribe, others on the delegation were CPS Unogwu (Kogi East), MD Confluence Rice, Segun (Ogun State), Chairman KGIRS Isah (Kogi West), Solid Mineral Commissioner, Bashir (Kogi West), GYB, President, SA Youth, Jibril (Kogi West) DG protocol, Sunday (Kogi West) SA PR Bolori (Borno) Omala LG Secretary, Joy (Kogi East), SA Haruna is from Kogi East and several others including the governor’s driver who is Austin Okai’s kinsman.
“Instructively also is the fact that the deligation was made up of people from the local government level and not just top state government functionaries.
Stressing that the poorly fabricated article lamented the total neglect of infrastructural development in Kogi state at a time the Governor is transforming the state infrastructurally exposes the author’s mischievous characteristics.
Pointing that Ganaja fly over project is ongoing, operation light up Kogi East project is at 95% completion, the Referral Hospital in Okene as well as the Zonal Hospital in Idah, Isanlu and Kanto-Karfe which are all to be completed this year. Remodeling of the state Specialist Hospital and rehabilitation of the University Teaching Hospital and many more are infrastructural testimonials of the Bello’s administration.
With all these couple with regular payment of workers salaries and the towering popularity of the Governor, it has become difficult for his detractors to constructively criticize him, hence the resort to mere mischief, malice, fabrication and blatant falsehood.
The group urges Austine Okai and his diminishing sponsors to rechannel their efforts towards doing something meaningful as the arrow of GYB has already left the bowl, and no amount of falsehood will stop it from hitting the target.
