The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last presidential election, Peter Obi, has charged the people of Kogi State to vote for the Labour Party and its candidate, Adejoh Okeme, in the forthcoming governorship election.
Obi, one of the leaders of the party, gave the charge in Lokoja on Thursday during the official presentation of the party’s gubernatorial candidate Okeme for the November 11, 2023 election in the state.
According to him, Kogi state has no business with poverty by virtue of the enormous potential abounding in the state, adding that the state hosts the giant steel company, river Niger and Benue including numerous mineral resources.
He advised the electorates in the state not to allow themselves to be deceived again by sugar-coated mouth politicians who will lure them for votes and after elections abandon them to their fate.
“When I held sway as the governor of Anambra State for eight years, I was able to transform education, health, and infrastructure that today positively affect the lives of the citizens in the state”. He noted.
He told the electorates that if they want similar development in Kogi State in the next two years they should use their Permanent Voters Card to usher in the candidate of the Labour Party for prosperity.
In her remarks, the National Woman Leader of the party Dudu Manuga charged the electorates to get ready with their PVCs to effect positive change that will bring about emancipation and development in their lives.
In his address the National Chairman of the party, Julius Abure, urged the people of the state to vote for Labour Party as the best alternative to other political parties in the state including the ruling APC.
He noted that the governorship election has created another opportunity for the people to vote for the candidate that will right the wrongs of the past and present leadership of the state for the better.
He pointed out that the Labour Party candidate has the experience, the capacity, and the education to take the state to the promise land and urged the electorates to seize the opportunity.
The candidate of the party Adejoh Okeme from Kogi East in his speech stated that the time has come for the people of Kogi state to take their destiny into their own hands by voting for a political party that has a human face.
He mentioned that the Labour Party has an agenda and policies that will transform the state and urged the people of the state to vote for him to utilise his wealth of experience and capacity to harness the abandoned resources in the state for the betterment of the people.
