Speaking in Lokoja, the State capital, today, Saturday, the President of the association, Dr. Abdulrahman Adeiza wanted the governor to re-direct his media team towards presenting the positive achievements which his government has so far made rather than dissipating energy in responding to every insult and attack launch either on his person or his administration.
The association, which organized a stakeholders’ meeting with the governor for what was described “frank talk,” advised governor Yahaya Bello to regard every citizen of the state as his son and daughter, saying that time is not on his side to be wasted in fighting every other person that attacks his government.
“There are certain people that do not even deserve your attention no matter how much they attack or insult you. These people are knowingly provoking you so that you would use the precious time you need to develop the state to be fighting back. They are the same people that would turn back to say that you did not achieve anything.”
Dr. Adeiza called on the governor to find ways to settle the salary arrears of the civil servants in the state as well as pensioners, even as he advised him to reorganize the machinery of his government for maximum performance.
He reminded the governor of the need to make his kit and kin proud and put shame on the faces at the end of his tenure, realizing that this was the first time since the state was created that Ebira man had attained the position.
Other associations, which attended the stakeholders’ meeting from other states of Nigeria, including the ones from Kogi Central Senatorial District, also offered advice and suggestions on how best he can work to achieve maximum results for the benefit of the people of the State.
Among those who were in attendance too were the paramount chief, the Ohinoyi of Ebira land, Alhaji Dr. Ado Ibrahim; an elder Statesman from Kogi Central Senatorial zone, Dr. Umar Farouk; former Nigeria Ambassador to Sudan, Ambassador Usman Bello; a director in Daar Communications, owner of AIT and Ray Power Radio, Dr. Tom Adaba, Professor Angela Okatahi of the University of Abuja, Hajiya Ladi Ibrahim and a host of others. [myad]
