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Why Former Auditor-Basic, Ododo, Ticks all of the Packing containers as Yahaya Bello’s Successor, by Ozumi Abdul
Nigerians are at the moment experiencing what I want to name a “political breather,” smarting from the just-concluded 2023 basic elections. However citizens in The Confluence State are additionally bracing up for the Kogi State governorship election slated for November 11, 2023.
The guber ballot will undoubtedly pitch the state’s political juggernauts and heavyweights towards each other. Theirs can be a ‘Rofo rofo’ combat ignited by an unyielding bid to take over the baton of management from Alh. Yahaya Adoza Bello as Kogi’s Governor.
To this point, 17 aspirants jostling to fly the flag of the All Progressives Congress in Kogi State have been two weeks in the past screened, and thus licensed to contest within the celebration’s major billed for 14 April, 2023.
Those that had thrown their hats and hearts into the race, matched motion with phrases by selecting varieties and screened, are the incumbent Chief of Workers to Governor Yahaya Bello, Abdulkareem Mohammed Jamiu; the incumbent Deputy Governor of the State, Chief Edward David Onoja; the Deputy Publicity Secretary of the APC, Murtala Yakubu Ajaka; a serving Senator, Yakubu Oseni; and son of the late former governor of Kogi State, Shuaibu Abubakar Audu.
Others embrace Accountant Basic of the state, Alhaji Jubril Momoh; the Auditor Basic of Kogi State, Mallam Yakubu Yusuf Okala; the State Commissioner for Finance, Asiwaju Asiru Idris; lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Sensible Adeyemi; former minister of State for Labour and Employment in Buhari’s first time period, Prof Stephen Ocheni; Commissioner for Native Authorities and Chieftiancy Affairs, Salami Momodu Ozigi; lawyer and politician, Halima Alfa; Kogi State Auditor-Basic for Native Authorities, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo; GM, Enterprise Growth (FCT/North) at eTranzact; Jimoh Adebanjo; and Chairman/CEO of Hamif Actual Property Nigeria Ltd, Chief Friday Idachaba.
Apart this variety of aspirants from the ruling APC, the opposition Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) on the final rely has 9 aspirants who picked the celebration’s nomination varieties for the November 11 election, together with the celebration’s flagbearer within the final governorship election within the state, Musa Wada.
Although the opposition PDP believes it’s going to reclaim energy eight years after, the truth is that the celebration is in shambles, and critically affected by the inner wrangling at its NWC.
That is evident within the bickering between Nyesom Wike, the Rivers State Governor, and Senator Dino Melaiye, who’s believed to be the popular candidate of the celebration’s presidential candidate in final February presidential election.
This thus implies that the PDP received’t be a match for the ruling APC within the state in the course of the gubernatorial contest, because the celebration has ran out of steam and time to place its troubled home collectively earlier than it might probably mount a severe problem to unseat APC.
So having established this, all eyes would positively be on the ruling APC, and who emerges as its flag bearer out of the 17 aspirants which have expressed their curiosity within the race, by advantage of buying varieties and getting screened.
Sure, undoubtedly it portends good omens for our burgeoning democracy to have massive variety of candidates vying for a democratic place as delicate and humongous as governorship election.
Nevertheless, anyone who’s abreast of the over a decade lengthy mismanagement of assets by the then PDP-led successive administrations within the state, earlier than the approaching on board of the Governor Yahaya Bello’s New Route administration would simply agree with me that this isn’t the very best time to begin tossing the cube of playing in seek for a worthy successor to Governor Bello. The Confluence State wants a visionary chief who will are available in and consolidate on the achievements of GYB.
As such, it’s crucial for all of the stakeholders in Kogi, who actually have the state at coronary heart, and desirous of consolidating the progress recorded by Governor Bello’s administration to ditch their private, non secular and tribal variations. They need to unanimously and completely attempt to place the spherical peg in a spherical gap.
Speaking of the 17 aspirants considering Governing Kogi beneath the banner of APC, one stands out. He’s Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, whose management qualities and pedigree are unequalled. Ododo, verily, is essentially the most competent among the many lot who may help transfer the state to an enviable top.
He stands out as a guber aspirant by advantage of him ticking all of the packing containers of an rising modern-day political administrator. The immediate-past Kogi Auditor-Basic for Native Authorities’s phenomenal acumen, and accomplishments with out iota of doubts is matchless,when juxtaposed with the opposite aspirants jostling for the occupancy of the Luggard Home.
Alhaji Ododo is immensely endowed with an mental acumen that has seen him successfully handle individuals and wealth for a few years.
He has been continuously and frequently giving again to the individuals in any respect ranges for the reason that starting of Governor Yahaya Bello’s administration, endearing him to be one of many key gamers of this New Route administration.
Ododo is an amalgamation, homogenization, fusion and synthesis of administrative acumen, braveness, compassion, group, monetary wizardry and clear improvement ideas.
In actual fact, he stays the darling of a number of Kogi individuals, regardless of his taciturn predisposition of not blowing his ambition trumpet.
He’s with no poster or using social media warriors to advance his political course.
His identify has been eternally etched within the minds of individuals to succeed the incumbent Governor Yahaya Bello, particularly along with his lately constructed magnificent hospital to take high quality medicare to his individuals, his provision of water for varied communities and his provision of well being interventions.
The ultramodern hospital which he constructed at Upogoro in Okene Native Authorities Space was properly outfitted to serve the individuals of the world.
In his normal selfless and humble method, Alhaji Usman Ododo constructed the hospital and entrusted it within the palms of the State Authorities to handle.
Ododo is a extremely detribalized one that understands the tribal and spiritual complexities of the state, the actual emotional traits, intelligence and peculiarity which have to date stand out Ododo’s boss, Governor Yahaya Bello from his predecessors, who allegation of nepotism and lopsidedness of appointments in favour of a selected tribal extraction marred their particular person administrations.
If Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the previous Lagos state governor may lay the foundations, footprints and fashions of the Lagos state’s right now thriving economic system, human-centric metropolis and fashionable infrastructure and efficient governance, then Kogi state can as properly replicate identical by guaranteeing Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo consolidates and proceed with the New Route mandate and mantra of this outgoing Governor Yahaya Bello’s administration.
Governor Yahaya Bello’s identify might not be on the poll within the forthcoming governorship election within the state, however with Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo correctly positioned to succeed him as the subsequent governor of Kogi state to proceed his developmental strides, his identify (Bello) will outlive his administration and place the state amongst the comity of developed states within the nation.
Ozumi Abdul is a journalist and employees author at PRNIGERIA and may be reached through [email protected]
