Kogi 2019: I have an agenda for greater Kogi – Babatunde Irukera

TRACKING >>A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming Kogi Governorship Election, Dr Tunde Irukera, has said that he has an agenda to make the state greater if elected, saying the state needs urgent help to save it from its current socio-economic woes.

Speaking during his official declaration and inauguration of his local government campaign teams, at the Weekend in Lokoja, Irukera said his vision and agenda is to bring development to all ethnic groups in the state

“l have a vision of greater Kogi, you as an individual must be great, I have an Igala agenda, I have an Okun agenda, I have an Egbira agenda, but for the vision to become reality there must be mission which is for you to deliver me,” he said.

The Director General, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), said he planned to emancipate Kogi State from socio-economic woes through his HELP Agenda, and restore power back to the people purposeful and people-oriented leadership.

The aspirant said his mission in the governorship race was to clean up the system and restore power to the people through wholesome pursuit and promotion of Health, Employment, Learning-Education and Prosperity (HELP) with mutual engagement for security.

He said that the state was in dire need of help which he would address through good governance and advised those on the verge of losing hope as a result of the prevailing hardship in the state, not to despair, assuring that help was on the way.

“I want you to tell everybody, your children, our fathers and mothers, tell your brothers, tell your sisters, tell workers, pensioners, let one tell 10, those who think it’s about to end, ‘We Are Better Than This, Help Is On The Way”, he said.

Irukera said the choice of leadership should be freely given to the people, adding, “The time has come for us in Nigeria to choose our leaders based on character and popularity.

“Let us ask questions, if you are millionaire show me your work and how you made your money, if you are a businessman tell us what line of business, we are not going to entrust our destiny into the hands of those who cannot explain the source of their wealth.

“We must change the narratives if Kogi must grow and develop. I will kneel down if need be, I will prostrate and do all it takes to change the narratives of Kogi to a progressive state.

“What Kogi needs is a team which all Kogites must belong to so as to guarantee security,” he said as he also promised to give Agriculture a top priority attention to guarantee food security.

Speaking earlier, immediate past Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Imam described Irukera as the best among the APC aspirants jostling for the party’s ticket for the Nov. 16 governorship election.

“We have the same philosophy in politics which is good governance. We are not out to insult anybody. Our politics is clean politics. We are going to start experiencing good leadership and what is good in Kogi State.

Also speaking earlier, the APC State Women Leader, Hajia Fatima Allah-Dey urged women to come out and fight for their freedom and the future of their children saying that they had spent too much time in the dark.

The women leader said women had suffered enough following political leaders who did not know their worth, adding, “Come out into the light. We have been groping in darkness, bulldozing our ways in the wrong direction, tighten your belt and fight for your freedom.”