Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State
has finally agreed and declared his ambition to contest for second term after
several months of speculation and persuasion by party members.
Governor Wada, who gave the hint
yesterday in his acceptance speech to the party stakeholders and Elders
Advisory Council endorsement, said he had garnered enough experience to tackle
the problem of the state and promised to consolidate on his first term
achievement if elected.
He said: “The words of our elders
are words of wisdom, but I have come to appreciate in the last few weeks that
before elders speak, they must have employed experience, patience,
candour and courage.
This latest gesture from our
leaders has added to the weight of responsibility that I shoulder.
My pledge and response is to surpass your expectations, God helping me.
“It is indeed gratifying that
our noble party men, women and youths have provided me a good
opportunity to run again, so that we can finish the race that
we all started.
‘’The advantage in the
philosophy of continuity is that all these impactful projects highlighted
above can add value to the lives of the people of our dear State if they are
taken to a logical conclusion by our administration. The benefit is for
everyone irrespective of the political affiliation of any indigene of the
state.
“Conversely, there is a great risk
of losing invaluable investment of these projects if other people that are not
part of the vision inherit them. No vision can be driven better than the
visioner.”
Wada, who accepted the consensus
endorsement by the stakeholders and Elders, described his first term as
challenging, occasioned by litigations and a drastic decline in the resources
accruing to the state He, however, said the state made
remarkable progress on all front.
“The last three and a half
years have taken us through various seasons. We have
experienced and survived a natural disaster that presented as flood, we
have confronted and overcome legal challenges that presented as the assertion
of rights.
‘’We have walked through the
valleys and mountains of industrial actions with their
potential threat and eventual triumph. In all these, I am
now better experienced, better equipped and better empowered to
steer the vision on course.
‘’I am better trained to pursue the
mission of our party, drive our transformation process
to the altitude and land on a safe and firm ground that provides
stability and sustainability for successive administrations and generations in
our State.
(Vanguard)
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