What I Will Do To Develop Kogi State, Atiku Abubakar Makes Crucial Promise
Atiku Abubakar, has promised to fix the comatose Ajaokuta steel company if he is elected president in next month’s election
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Atiku stated these during the PDP presidential campaign rally in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital, on Saturday, said the port will help to develop water transportation
He also assured that the Inland Port in the State will be developed to help the inland water transportation system in the North and Nigeria as a whole
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has assured that the nightmare of Ajaokuta Steel Company will be addressed if he emerges President in the forthcoming February 25 election.
He also assured that the Inland Port in the State will be developed to help the inland water transportation system in the North and Nigeria as a whole, Premium Times reports.
Source: UGC
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Atiku, who stated these during the PDP presidential campaign rally in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, Vanguard Newspaper added.
“I am very happy with the people of Kogi state for this show of support, show of love, most of the challenges have been enumerated by previous speakers, one of them is the issue of Ajaokuta. I want to confirm here that if you give us your support and elect a PDP government, the nightmare of Ajaokuta will be a thing of the past. I assure you this and it is a promise I have made on behalf of PDP,
“I also want to promise you that the issue of your inland port is not only a Kogi issue, but issue of Northern Nigeria, because through the development of the port in Kogi, we also will have access to the maritime transportation in this country, so it is not a Kogi matter, it is our matter for the entire north of the country. I promise you we will implement that program.”
The former Vice President also said there will be no more salary arrears in Kogi State because his administration will support the State to make sure no civil servant is owned salaries.
He added:
“From what I have seen from Obajana up to Lokoja, it is thousands of young men and women, we will give you jobs, if we don’t give you jobs, we will give you business to do, I promise to set aside ten billion US dollars to empower our young men and women so that they can live comfortable live.”
“If you look at Kogi state itself, since PDP stopped governing Kogi state, no development has taken place in this State, everything in Kogi was built by PDP."
PDP Crisis: Hope beacons as powerful Arewa leader steps into Wike, Atiku's rift, makes strong demand
Meanwhile, alhaji Musa Saidu, the leader of the Arewa consultative forum in the south, has called on the governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike to settle differences with Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Arewa leader also directed his appeal to other aggrieved governors of the PDP who are known as G5 o settle their differences with the PDP presidential candidate ahead of the poll.
According to Saidu, Governor Wike has the right to be angry with any of the PDP leaders but it was time for the governor to forgive and move on. He stressed that the aggrieved governors should not be seen as ones who pull down a party he had spent so much energy and resources to build.
Source: Legit.ng
