The Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Mathew Kolawole has launched campaign for the emergence of the Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello as President of Nigeria in the 2023 election in the country.
The speaker, who has been carrying the campaign to some parts of the country, and was in Jos, capital of Plateau State along with his entourage today, January 14, asked his counterparts in the state to support Governor Yahaya Bello, who he said, is found to be suitable “as he has performed creditably well.”
Kolawole, accompanied by his Deputy and other Kogi lawmakers, begged the speaker of Plateau state House of Assembly Abok Ayuba and his colleagues to support their mission.
“Our mission to Plateau is to congratulate the Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba on his election as the Chairman of North Central zone of Speakers Conference of Nigeria.
“We are here to brief him and canvass support for his Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the Governor of Kogi State who is the youngest governor in Nigeria to run for president come 2023.
“In view of our relationship with our governor, as legislators, we have articulated all his achievements in the areas of security, women empowerment, youth inclusion in government, education and infrastructural development.
“We have found him to be suitable as he has performed creditably well.
“On this note, we decided on our own, to pass a vote of confidence on him and at the same time, pass a resolution that we want him to contest for the position.
“The youths of Nigeria are also pressurising him that they want him to run for president and he has finally agreed.”
He said that they brought the message to Plateau Assembly being one of those states that is controlled by the All Progressives Congress (APC), adding that they believe in the association of legislators in Nigeria which has about 998 members with over 600 of the members of APC and automatic delegates of the party.
In his remarks, Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba said that the Plateau state lawmakers would support Bello if he sets an example by granting Kogi State House of Assembly autonomy.
Abok said that autonomy is one of the key things that the Speakers Conference of Nigeria has been fighting for its implementation.
“As a young person, he should act differently and implement autonomy so that others will follow.
“Sincerely, the north-central should be included in the calculations of this country as it is most times left.
“We will tell them that we form one of the largest populations in the country and we should be considered this time.”
He assured the Kogi speaker that he would convey his message to the state lawmakers when they resume from recess on 20th January 2021.
The Speaker further assured that the Plateau Assembly would join hands with its Kogi counterparts to get what rightly belongs to the North Central Geopolitical Zone
