Idris Ahmed, Toto.
Kogi state Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Engineer Abubakar Bashir Gegu, has given full support to the option of consensus to select leaders by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi state.
Engr. Bashir Gegu, who welcomed the idea as muted by the national body of the party, said if adopted will that executives of the party from ward to the national level prevent rancour and ensure unity, cohesion and spirit of oneness among members and the leadership.
In an interview with newsmen in Toto local government area of Nasarawa state on Saturday, the Commissioner said the other options of direct or indirect primaries comes when consensus could not be reached.
He said with the harmonious peaceful co- existence of the APC stalwarts and stakeholders under the leadership of caretaker chairman of the party, Mai Mala Buni, and the Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, 90 percent of the party executives shall emerge through consensus.
” The APC is the best party so far, as the temple is high and we shall sustain that tempo,” he said.
On Kogi governor’s presidential ambition, the APC chieftain, said the aspiration of the governor for president in 2023 was a project of the Nigerian youths, which he said the youth are clamouring for leadership.
He said the governor decided to heed the clarion calls of the Nigerian youths and several other youth organization to contest for president in 2023 general election, saying Kogi state under the leadership of Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has been one of the peaceful and crime free state since 20017 to date.
“And besides, if you look at what happened in the past, where we have past leaders like Yakubu Gowon, who was between 29 to 31 years when he became head of state, which is what the Nigerian youth are clamouring for as they are calling on Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to come and rescue them,” he said.
According to him, there can never be development or employment when the country is not secured, saying the Kogi state under the watch of the Governor Yahaya Bello, is on the right track to tame crime an criminals across the state.
“And that is why some other state governors, who are his colleagues have trying to reach out to him to know what strategies, platform and formula he has been using to tackle challenge of insecurity,” he said.
