Barely two weeks after the All
Progressives Congress, APC, primaries for the Kogi State gubernatorial election
which was won by Prince Abubakar Audu, a chieftain of the party and an activist,
Dr Goodman Akwu has disclosed his intention to run for the November election
under the platform of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
Speaking with DAILY POST on Friday,
Akwu expressed disappointment that the progressive concept with which they
laboured in legacy parties before their metamorphosis into APC has been
rubbished, noting that at a time when the political awareness of people were
high, somebody who has corruption charges in court has no morality to salvage
the state.
“We all know that political
awareness of people was increasing on daily basis, and we are talking about war
against corruption so how can somebody who is answerable to corruption charges
be flying the flag?,” Dr Akwu asked.
On why he chose the APGA platform,
he explained that he has made contacts across the length and breath of Kogi
State, adding that consequent upon consultations with prominent Kogi citizens
from the three Senatorial zone, they all agreed that APGA’s manifesto is people
oriented which he said was what Kogi State desired for now.
“I have been under serious pressure
from prominent politicians in the State to contest on the platform of APGA and
having studied the party’s manifesto, it is capable of driving the state on the
part of development,” he noted.
He maintained that the change mantra
would spread beyond APC to APGA to the consternation of those who think they
could hold Kogi State to ransom for their selfish interest.
He added that what was lacking in
the State in the last sixteen years was good leadership, stressing that there
was no proper blue print that would develop the youth, hence, the case has
always been that of the political elites taking it all.
“I know the youths in the state have
been casualties of state policies in the past administrations, but I will
consciously work for them”, he averred.
Dr Akwu urged the people of the
state not to toe the part of those dark days, stressing that the state can only
move forward when they vote for change.
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