Dino Melaye, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the upcoming off-cycle election in Kogi, has vowed to initiate a comprehensive rebuilding of the state within a four-year tenure, if elected.
Speaking at the final campaign rally in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital, Melaye emphasized his vision to create a “new Lokoja” in a timeframe comparable to the development of major global cities.
Melaye stated, “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,” he added.
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“We will distribute them. And we will improve our IGR for development of the state and better standard of living,” he emphasized.
Also speaking at the rally, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the PDP in the 2023 elections, endorsed Melaye as the most qualified candidate to lead the state and urged residents to vote him as their next governor.