Politics
ONE of the governorship aspirants of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi, Mr Bayo Averehi, has promised to attract foreign and local investors to revive its economy.
Averehi made the promise on Wednesday in Lokoja, observing that the action would encourage the investors to invest in the agriculture and solid minerals deposits across the state to create jobs and wealth.
The aspirant, who was addressing delegates ahead of the party’s governorship primary election scheduled for Sept. 3, said that he would embark on large scale mechanised farming across the 21 local government areas of the state.
He also promised to build three silos of international standards in each of the senatorial districts for storage of farm produce.
According to him, peasant farmers will be made to get value for their handwork as government will become major purchaser of their products .
This, he said, would eliminate middle men who buy at peanuts from farmers and sell at exorbitant prices to the people.
He also promised to make available, interest-free loans to traders and small businesses operators to grow their businesses.
Averehi expressed the confidence that his party would win the Nov.16 governorship election and stressed the need for the party to field a strong candidate.
“The best strategy which had been tested and trusted in the last general election in Adamawa and Bauchi States is to field a candidate from the same senatorial zone with the incumbent governor to eliminate ethnic or tribal sentiment among the electorate,” he said.
Averehi, from Kogi Central, boasted that the PDP would benefit from the massive protest votes from the people on Nov. 16. (NAN)
– Aug. 28, 2019 @ 16:45 GMT |
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