One of the governorship aspirants in Kogi State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Alex Usman Kadiri, has dexlared that he is more experince to govern Kogi state that the former governor of the state, Prince Abubakar Audu.
Loading ...Prince Audu has alleged that most of his co-contestants seeking the ticket of APC to contest the November 21 governorship election in Kogi state are young school leavers without required experience to do the top job.
Kadiri, who spoke to journalists at the APC national secretariat in Abuja yesterday shortly after obtaining his Expression of Interest and Nomination Forms, said: “I personally believe that I have more experience than Abubakar Audu, he knows that.”
While lamenting that bad governance is the bane of development in the Confluence State, promised that if given the opportunity to serve, he doesn’t need more than four years to correct the anomalies.
“It is not my intention to hang on to the governorship of Kogi state more than four years,” he declared.
He attributed margilisation of certain parts of the state since its creation in 1991 as part of the problem bedevilling Kogi state, adding that foremost businessmen like Omokore and Tunde Ayeni have no investments in the state because of disconnection between the government and the people of the state.
Kadiri promised to address youth restiveness and all other anomalies in the state and the sky will be the limit.
He also said that the idea of consensus was good one but may not work out now after the aspirants have been made to part with a whooping N5.5million each to obtain forms, adding that the timing is rather late.
While lamenting that the situation where the people of the state who have lived together for over 20 years don’t inter-marry each other, he stated that Kogi’s predicament is beyond mere electoral promises but addressing fundamental issues of unity among the populace and disconnection between the leaders and the led over time.
