Dino Melaye, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) nominee for governor of Kogi, claims that if he wins the November 11 off-cycle election, he will restore the state in four years. He reportedly made this pledge at the party’s last campaign event in Lokoja, the capital of Kogi state.
“In four years, we are going to build the new Lokoja. York was in existence before New York came to be. Zealand was there before New Zealand came. Delhi was there before New Delhi came,” NAN quoted Melaye as saying.
“So by the grace of God, if you vote me in as governor, in four years, we are going to build new Lokoja.
“Kogi is a strategic state. It is the richest state in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We are blessed with mineral resources from uranium, to titanium, to lithium, to gold, to crude oil.
“It is unfortunate that the only mineral that has been tapped out of all these numerous resources is limestone. We are going to tap the rest. We will explore them. We will develop them. We will commercialize them.
“We will distribute them. And we will improve our IGR for development of the state and better standard of living.”
Atiku Abubakar, the PDP’s 2023 presidential contender, also spoke at the gathering. He urged people to vote for Melaye as their next governor, stating that he is the most competent man to lead the state.
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