Hafsat Abiola-Costello, The Director-General of the Yahaya Bello Presidential Campaign Organization, has said that the Kogi State Governor has the qualities of the kind of leader that can revive Nigeria at these trying times. For this reason, Abiola-Costello said she is backing him to enable him win the presidential ticket of the All Progressives Congress. According to her, Yahaya Bello is truly committed to the progress of the country. She also believes that the governor will scale through the primaries regardless of any political hindrance.
She hailed Yahaya Bello for his economic achievement in Kogi State, and also noted that statistics from the World Bank on states’ accountability rating in Nigeria shows that Kogi State ranks top among other states in the country. She said this on Monday, May 16 while talking to journalists in Lagos State, prior to the primaries scheduled for May 30 and 31, in Abuja.
Abiola-Costello said, “This is a man who met a debt profile of about N135bn in Kogi State when he assumed office in 2016 but has been able to reduce it to about N70bn. This is in addition to his huge investments in education, agriculture, security and infrastructural developments. The World Bank accountability ranking of states in Nigeria evaluated Kogi as second in 2017, first in 2018 and 2019.
“The draft report for 2021 shows that Kogi scored 100 per cent in all the areas and from indications, the state will maintain the first position in 2021, judging from the draft report that was released just yesterday.
“I am proud of GYB because of his development record in Kogi State. This is a governor that is always looking for progress and the development of the lives of his people. This is me, a Yoruba, supporting someone from the North Central.
“There is no progress without demands; I lost both parents, though unfortunately because Nigerians believed in them. I’ve been working with GYB for a while and I have seen that he has the courage and intelligence to deliver Nigeria.”
When it comes to security, the Yahaya Bello campaign director said that the governor had been able to reduce crime rates in the state. She also added that through a well-organized management system, he had united all the groups in the multi-ethnic state.
