The former Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Usman Jibril has picked the governorship ticket of the Accord Party as the party candidate in the forthcoming Kogi Governorship election.
Admiral Jibril former member of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and also APC governorship aspirant in 2019 was handed the ticket as a consensus candidate by the delegates on Tuesday after the party’s primary which took place at Kefas multi-purpose hall in Lokoja.
In his acceptance speech, he said he is on a rescue mission promising that if elected as the next Governor of Kogi state his administration will transform the state.
He also promised to end the percentage salary paid to workers at the local government level adding that civil servants in the state will not regret it if voted as the next Governor of Kogi State.
The former Admiral said the state has suffered a lot under the administration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as the governor of the state, stressing that this time around he is ready to face any obstacles to make sure he becomes the next Governor of Kogi State.
He promised to develop Lokoja the state capital of Kogi state which he said the state capital needs to be developed because Lokoja is the first capital of Nigeria.
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