KOGI STATE PDP | Yahaya Bello, A Punishment on Kogi State;

Kingsley Fanwo, a Spoilt Kid, Bereft of Manners.

The Presidential Campaign Council of the Peoples’ Democratic Party in Kogi State notes with contempt the infantile rants of Kingsley Fanwo, the inglorious director of media and publicity at the office of the accidental governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello contained in an interview granted to an online tabloid.

Ordinarily, the opinion of Fanwo, the occupant of a cockroach office who can at best be described as a lousy nonentity should not matter in Kogi politics but We are in the interest of the good people of Kogi State constrained to set the records straight and coach Fanwo as a child, bereft of manners should be.

It is therefore for this purpose that we state that:

· The PDP in Kogi State bequeathed a robust economy, an adequately remunerated civil service, safe communities, a large portfolio of infrastructural interventions in roads, rural electrification, education and a respected people to the satanic government of the APC in 2015.

· Kogi State prior the emergence of the outgoing APC government was not in the news for all manner of inadequacies which currently ranges from commissioning of gutters, house warming parties of state officials, civil servants committing suicide to a sitting governor gifting posh automobiles to masquerades.

· Whereas the current government which Kingsley Fanwo slaves for cannot boast of any project worth more than N10M anywhere on earth, it is to the credit of the PDP that all the courses currently offered by the various state owned tertiary institutions were accredited by regulatory agencies thereby remarkable reducing the level of illiteracy induced poverty in the state to the barest minimum. This is side by side investments in agriculture, health and urban renewal.

· Kogi State being the highest revenue earner after Niger State going by FAAC records in the North Central under the leadership of His Excellency, Ibrahim Idris channelled investment to boost healthcare delivery in the state leading to mass migration of patients from Edo, Niger and Kwara state to seek medical attention as attested to by the Federal Ministry of Health in a documentary that profiled the health sector in Kogi State just last year and aired on Channels Television.

· Whereas the outgoing government of Yahaya Bello has amassed an accumulated debt burden of N125B without any capital project worth as much as N10M anywhere on earth, it is to the credit of the PDP led government of His Excellency, Ibrahim Idris that not less than 3,000KM of roads were rehabilitated, constructed or reconstructed cutting through and linking various communities in Kabba/Bunu, Okene, Okehi, Olamaboro, Dekina, Ajaokuta, Koto-Karfe, Idah, Lokoja metropolis, Ayingba, Adavi, Yagba East and West just to mention a few.

· In terms of human empowerment, nothing speaks louder of the achievements of the PDP especially the 9 years of His Excellency, Ibrahim Idris than the fact that as at when He handed over to His Excellency, Idris Wada, civil servants in Kogi State were not owed a dime while there was a deeper sense of peace, unity, advancement and prosperity in households.

· Whereas, the government of His Excellency, Idris Wada was indebted to workers for a 90 days period, the debt existed side by side very strong plans to settle them in record time via the Paris Club refund which eventually was received by the incumbent government who then went on to brazenly loot it leaving the actual beneficiaries with only suicide or voluntary resignation as options.

· Ordinarily, an enigma as Asiwaju Clarence Olafemi who was solely responsible for the establishment of landmark projects in Kogi West not excluding the College of Education (Technical), Kabba, Kogi West has no reason to join issues with an urchin as Kingsley Fanwo since that institution alone has in the last 10 years been a source of income and livelihood for at least 10,000 people from Kogi State – a record which outgoing governor, Yahaya Bello and His entire cabinet cannot imagine to reach or surpass.

· It is simply for the records that we consider it important to state that it takes only a rudderless government like the kind led by tin-god, Yahaya Bello to engage a grossly under-utilized personality who received absolutely no attention during the administration of immediate past governor, His Excellency, Idris Wada.

Pursuant to the foregoing, Kingsley Fanwo is sternly cautioned on the natural consequences of joining issues with His fathers as a show loyalty to His new gang of thieves whose existence is already due for termination and will be terminated by the collective decision of the people of Kogi State.

Rather than swim against the tide in attempts to save the already grim image of outgoing Governor, Yahaya Bello, He should avail Himself the benefit of identifying with any of the opportunities created by the past PDP government especially in agriculture in preparation of His early retirement which is due in less than 10 months from now.

Usman Okai Austin

Head Media and Publicity

PDP Presidential Campaign Council

Kogi State