Hon. Richard Otitoleke, a former Senior Special Assistant On Land Use and Development to immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has disagreed with the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Nov. 11 governorship election in the state, Sen. Dino Melaye, saying no governor in the history of the State has achieved the landmark achievements recorded by Bello.
Bello on Saturday handed over to his successor, Ahmed Ododo who was declared winner of the Nov. 11 election in Kogi by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Dino Melaye, a former member of the Senate who lost the governorship election had in an article cast aspersions on the democratic and good governance profile of former Governor Yahaya Bello.
While faulting the position of Melaye, Hon. Otitoleke said the plethora of achievements Yahaya Bello recorded while in office are there for all to see.
He said, “From the World Class Reference Hospital Okene,to road infrastructures across the state,to the establishment of additional two universities in Kabba and Osara respectively, that has given Kogites increased participation in formal education and reduced high level of illiteracy witnessed before.
“The former governor Yahaya Bello has transformed and empowered thousands of Youths in Kogi through direct and indirect youth participation in governance. These mega achievements has redefined leadership in Kogi State and above all,will be surely consolidated by the new and freshly sworn-in Governor Ododo Ahmed Usman.
“The landmark achievement of former Governor Bello is audible to the deaf and visible to the blind. No long epistle can erase Bello’s achievements in Kogi.”
