Jibril: I’m on rescue mission in Kogi - The Nation Newspaper

The aspirant who is among the 20 aspirants who wrote to the party rejecting the indirect primary approved by the National Working Committee said sovereignty lies with the people. He explained that President Muhammadu Buhari subjected himself to direct primary while seeking reelection.

He said poverty rate in the state was growing and require an experienced person to reposition the state and put it on the part of growth and development. The former Naval Chief said: “There is the urgent need for change in Kogi state. We can not continue this way as it has been in the last three and half years. Things have to change and we have to salvage our dear state. We have to rescue Kogi from the menace. Kogi state is facing serious challenge.

He added: “Salaries, allowances, gratuity and pension remained unpaid and sometimes paid in percentage and now in arrears of between six and thirty months in some cases. Yet, the state governor tells the whole world that this state government is not indebted to workers. People are dying everyday as a result of non payment not salaries.

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