Federal Lawmaker, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Tijani Damisa has said that Okene/Ogori-Magongo
Federal Constituency are celebrating unity and peaceful co-existence as a
people. Speaking at thanksgiving prayer held in Okene on Monday to mark the victory
recorded by his party APC in the last general election went through memory lane
and thanked His Excellency, Alh. Yahaya Adoza Bello, the 4th
executive governor of Kogi state, traditional rulers, religious leaders and all
APC family for agreeing to work for the party come November 16 and to live
together as one and in peace.
Engr. Abubakar Ohere Sadiku, the leader of political
appointees Kogi Central during the thanksgiving prayer, to mark the victory of
the party. “There is a lot of reason to thank God; if you can recall when the
state was created, you knew how the state was, but the peace that we witness
today is more than enough reason to thank God,” Governor Bello said. He
continued, “the peace that we witness in the state today does not just indicate
peace alone, but proof that we are united, our traditional rulers are united
and they are speaking with one voice; it was not so in 2015, but we thank God
for where we are today, you can feel the impact of that unity and peace in the
state. “We have come to realize that we are one people and that we have to
work, grow and think together and that whatever development will come to this
state has to be one in which it involves everyone and I give God all the
Glory,” he added. 
Senator Yaqub Oseni at the occasion, others are;
Ex-Speaker KGSH, Hon. Momohjmoh Lawal, his political godfather, Alh. Yahaya
Karaku, Obama I., Hon. Muhammed Yusuf AbdulRazak, Administrator Okene LG., The Great
Ozumi of Okene, Ohi of Okene/Okengwe, Ohi of Adavi, Ohi of Okehi and Ohi of
Ajaokuta, and other traditional rulers, religious leaders, among other
prominent Ebiras, congratulated the good people of Okene/Ogori-Magongo Federal
Constituency and urged them to continue to support Governor Yahaya Bello administration,
assuring, “Governor Yahaya Bello will continue to do the best that can to make
our state better.”
He also, stated that the Ajaokuta Steel Company would be made fully functional in the next few years and called for support for the companies, “a lot of politics have been played in the past concerning the steel company.”
The great Ozumi of Okene. Alh Haruna in a sermon at the event, called
for tolerance among the people, adding, “to boost our unity, common interests
should at all times, supersede personal interest, we should live in peace
because, peace makes leaders to concentrate on development.”
Courtesy:
Asuehi Support Group