The former first lady of Kogi State, Prof (Mrs)Aisha Abubakar Audu on Wednesday said that she was in the race to win the governorship seat of the state and vowed to tackle poverty, corruption and all forms of social vices in the State if elected Governor at November poll.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Media Office of the former first lady
Prof. Audu who is contesting on the platform of the Young Progressives Party, YPP, declared that she would soon commence political activities across the three Senatorial districts of the State to mobilize the entire of the state on the tasks ahead.
Prof. Audu noted that Kogi State has what it takes to be coordinated into a workable system, saying that as a former first lady, she has the solution to the current economic and social malaise on her palms.
On the party structure across the local governments, she said that the “YPP has deepened its root in past months in Kogi State,” adding that the party has become a household name.
The wife of late Prince Abubakar Audu added that the political structure of her late husband would be incorporated into the party in order to drive the vision of the state.
According to her, ” the late Abubakar Audu/Faleke political family will be part of the structure in order to bring to reality what the late Audu would have accomplished for the state before he died”.
The statement further explained that Prof. Audu whose name was among the three female candidates out of the twenty-four others has been working underground for the success of the party.
“She has scaled through the Independent National Electoral Commission process; her name has been published as a candidate. It’s now time for electorate in Kogi State to rally round her, the statement added.
Prof Audu who hailed from Kogi East was among the three female candidates on INEC’s final list to contest November 16 gubernatorial election with Mr Suleiman Ozigi from the Central Senatorial district as running mate.