{"id":1133,"date":"2021-08-26T16:49:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:49:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=1133"},"modified":"2021-08-26T16:49:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T16:49:15","slug":"kogi-at-30-okun-development-association-demands-2023-governorship-ticket-for-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-at-30-okun-development-association-demands-2023-governorship-ticket-for-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi at 30: Okun Development Association Demands 2023 Governorship Ticket for Zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Okun Development Association (ODA) has demanded that Kogi west senatorial district produce the next governor of the state.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In a statement on Thursday by Femi Mokikan, it\u2019s president, the association congratulated Yahaya Bello, governor of the Kogi state, on the state\u2019s 30th anniversary, but said the Okun people are the most marginalised group in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Mokikan said there is a paradigm shift in Bello\u2019s administration as he introduced a policy known as \u2018EBIGO agenda\u2019, meaning Ebira, Igala and Okun agenda to promote unity and oneness in Kogi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWithout an iota of doubt, the EBIGO agenda is commendable and one of the best move of the New Direction Government of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as it has confirmed that Kogi State belongs to all, Igalas, Ebiras and Okuns as against the claims of some quarters in the past,\u201d the statement reads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The association said Okun is the only area in a state without a university and appealed to the state government to establish a university in Okun land to \u201cjustify the equity, fairness and justice that form the mantras of the present administration\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cWe also appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently sign into law the bill establishing Federal University of Agriculture, Kabba as done for some states in Nigeria recently,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">On the 2023 governorship election, the association said for the purpose of equity, fairness and justice, the next governor of the state should come from Kogi west.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cFor the EBIGO agenda of this administration to be institutionalized for even posterity sake, the next gubernatorial candidate should be zoned to Kogi west. By so doing, governor Yahaya Bello will be leaving a legacy of unity that informed the introduction of the Ebira, Igala and Okun agenda,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The association called on the people of Kabba-Bunu, Ijumu, Mopa\/Amuro, Yagba east and west LGA as well as Oworo land to come out and participate in the ongoing voter registration exercise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cFinally, we congratulate the governor on the 30th anniversary of the state and our prayer is that God grant him the wisdom and good health to do more for the state,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.\u00a0 &nbsp; Okun Development Association (ODA) has demanded that Kogi west senatorial district produce the next governor of&hellip;\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],"class_list":{"0":"post-1133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-kogi"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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