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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya
Bello, yesterday, flagged off the Adumu-Ogugu erosion control project in Ogugu,
Olamaboro Local Government Area of the state.
The flag off was part of
the activities lined up for the second term campaign rally of the governor at
Ankpa-Olamaboro federal constituency.
According to the contractor
handling the project, said it will be completed in 12 months.
The governor also inspected
the almost completed Ibana-Okpo-Ikeje- Emonyoku-Odidoko-Agugu-Ette Road in
Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State.
According to the governor,
work on the road project which cuts across seven communities in the area has
reached the last community.
While inspecting the road,
Governor Bello expressed joy over the quality of job done so far noting that
the project will be completed within the contractual agreement period.
At the township stadium
Ankpa, venue of the rally, Bello assured the people of Ankpa -Olamaboro federal
constituency that his second term will usher in a monumental infrastructural
development that has eluded the constituency for decades.
He revealed that his
administration in the last three and a half years was able to construct roads
in Ankpa and Olamaboro local government as well as electrification of many
rural communities that had been in total darkness for many years.
“It always bothered me to
see communities in this era of technology still living in darkness. That was
why we took the bull by the horn in providing electricity for communities
within the ample of the resources available to us and this effort will go a
long way in improving their economy and by extension their standard of living”
he said.
Soliciting for their
support and votes during the election, the governor promised to do more if
given the mandate for another four years to pilot the affairs of the
state.
Also speaking at the rally,
the Deputy Governor of the state, Chief Edward Onoja lamented that despite the
14 years that the eastern senatorial district produced the governors of the
state under the Peoples Democratic party, PDP, the zone did not witness
any meaningful development and urged the people to re-elect Bello.