Kogi West Women and Youths for Dino has called on the National Working Committee and other critical stakeholders of the People Democratic Party (PDP) to give the Governorship ticket of the party to Senator Dino Melaye to dislodge the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) from the State.
The women and youths across the state gathered at the state secretariat of PDP in Lokoja on Monday to declare their support for Senator Dino Melaye from Kogi western senatorial district.
The spokesman of the group and legal adviser PDP Lokoja Local Government, Mahmoud Aliyu said the group gathered in Lokoja to declare their unalloyed support and to endorse Senator Dino Melaye as the sole governorship candidate on the platform of PDP.
He described Dino as the only capable and fearless among the PDP aspirants that can wrestle power from the hands of the APC-led administration that has plunged the state into a precarious situation.
He lamented that since the inception of the APC government in Kogi, payment of percentage salaries has been the order of the day at the local government areas, noting that if Dino is given the ticket of the party he would dislodge APC and right the wrong of the present administration in Kogi state.
He, therefore, appealed to PDP leaders both at the national and state level of the party to give the governorship ticket of the party to Senator Dino Melaiye to win the general election for PDP.
Lokoja ward D women leader, Elizabeth Awelewa in her remarks said for equity and fairness an aspirant from Kogi West should be given the ticket of the PDP, saying since the creation of Kogi, Western senatorial district had never produced the governor of the State.
She appealed to PDP stakeholders to give the ticket of the party to Dino Melaye in the spirit of justice.
The youth leader, PDP Lokoja local government Lawal Ibrahim said the group gathered to show solidarity with Dino Melaye whom he described as capable to pilot the affairs of the State.
He appealed to the delegates to vote wisely in order to pick competent candidate who can protect the interest of common man in the state, maintaining that Dino Melaye poses the quality to win election and develop the State.
