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Ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Kogi State, Governor Yahaya Bello has hinted on picking a successor as his tenure winds down.<\/span><\/p>\n Even as the Presidential ambition of Governor Bello seem to top the agenda of Kogi State political space, the battle to succeed the Governor has become a closed-door movement, especially amongst top appointees of the Governor eyeing the seat of their boss.<\/span><\/p>\n When asked, they all denied their gubernatorial aspirations, hanging it under the facade of sole commitment to the hyped “GYB-PYB movement.”<\/span><\/p>\n However, Governor Bello in a recent exclusive interview with Daily Trust would be picking a successor, at the appropriate time according to him.<\/span><\/p>\n When asked where he would pick his successor from, the Governor did not say, but went on to assure that the best would emerge.<\/span><\/p>\n “At an appropriate time, I know that the person will emerge, and whoever emerges will be the best for Kogi State.<\/span><\/p>\n “I am grooming leaders across the state, from the local to the state level. By the time I will be concluding my second term in office, I want to assure you that anybody picked at the end of the day would be good for the state,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n Bello assured that his successor would outperform him.”<\/span><\/p>\n He stated: “I want to also assure you that the best person that would do even better than me shall emerge, by the grace of God.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"………. Ahead of the 2023 gubernatorial election in Kogi State, Governor Yahaya Bello has hinted on picking a…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,22],"tags":[34,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-1087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-kogi","9":"tag-yahaya-bello"},"yoast_head":"\n