The former presidential of the Labour Party in the last presidential election in the country Peter Obi has charged the people of Kogi State to
vote for Labour Party in the forthcoming governorship election for the emancipation of the state and its people.
Obi the leader of the party gave the charge in Lokoja on Thursday during the official presentation of the party’s gubernatorial candidate Adejoh Okeme for November 11 , 2023 election in Kogi State.
According to him, Kogi state has no business to remain poor by virtue of enormous potentials abound in the state, wondered why a state that host the giant steel company, river Niger and Benue including numerous mineral resources still wallow in abject poverty and penury.
He advised the electorates in the state not to allow themselves to be deceive again by sugar coated mouth politicians who will lure them for votes and after elections abandoned them to their fate.
The former presidential candidate of Labour Party stated that when he held sway as the governor of Anambra State for eight years he was able to transformed education, health and infrastructure that today bettered the lives of the citizens in the state.
He told the electorates that if they want similar development in Kogi State in the next two years they should use their Permanent Voters Card to usher in the candidate of Labour Party for prosperity.
In her remarks the National Woman Leader of the party Dudu Manuga charged the electorates to get ready with their Permanent Voters Card to effect positive change that will bring about emancipation and development in their lives.
In his address the National Chairman of the party, Julius Agure lamented the backwardness of Kogi State in all sectors, urging the people of the state to vote for Labour Party as the only alternative to other political parties in the state including the ruling APC.
He noted that the November eleven governorship election has created another opportunity for the people to vote the candidate that will right the wrong of the past and present leadership of the state for better.
He pointed out that the candidate of Labour Party in the Kogi governorship election has the experience, the capacity and the education to take the state to the promise land and urged the electorates not to lose the rare opportunity coming their ways in the month of November, 2023.
The candidate of the party Adejoh Okeme from Kogi East in his speech stated that time has come for the people of Kogi state to take their destiny in their hands by voting for a political party that has human face.
He mentioned that Labour Party has agenda and policies that will transform the state and urged the people of the state to vote for him to utilize his wealth of experience and capacity to harness the abandoned resources in Kogi state for the betterment of the people.