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January 27, 2021
Ahead of 2023 polls, Kogi State lawmakers paid a visit to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Wednesday, to lobby All Progressives Congress (APC) House members on behalf of Governor Yahaya Bello to emerge as the party’s presidential candidate.
The lawmakers said that it was time states in the North Central unite and work with the sole aim for the zone to produce the next president.
The high-powered delegation led by the Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Prince Matthew Kolawole, made the call when they paid an advocacy visit to the Kwara State House of Assembly, Ilorin.
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Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki
Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Mathew Kolawole, has described Governor Yahaya Bello, as the best person to lead Nigeria come 2023.
Kolawole said this when he led seven of his colleagues to solicit the support of their counterparts in Ebonyi State.
He explained that the North-Central and South-East regions deserve to produce the next President and Vice President of Nigeria as they were the most marginalised since the return of democracy in 1999.
According to him, Governor David Umahi’s decision to join the All Progressives Congress, was in the best interest of the South- East.
By Peter Okutu, Abakaliki
The Speakers of Ebonyi and Kogi States House of Assemblies, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru and Hon. Mathew Kolawole, yesterday vowed to work in synergy to ensure that South-East and the North-Central run a joint presidential ticket in the 2023 election.
In his remarks, the National Vice Chairman, Southeast zone and Speaker of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru, stressed that there was the need for the two geopolitical zones to work in unity to ensure that both zones achieved their aim in the next presidential election.
He vowed to join forces with Kogi state Assembly to canvass support for a joint presidential ticket between Southeast and North Central in the forthcoming 2023 elections.