Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello has described the aspirations of Senators Godswill Akpabio and Barau Jibrin for the positions of the Senate President and Deputy of the 10th Senate as his personal project.
He assured he would pursue the project to achieve the stability of President Bola Tinubu’s Presidency.
He also stated that Akpabio, a former minister Niger Delta Affairs, was his role model, particularly his uncommon transformation documentary which he passionately watched on television.
According to a statement by the Akpabio/Jibrin media team in Abuja, Bello informed because of his trust in the leadership prowess of Akpabio “even before the issue of zoning came up on who to endorse for the position of the Senate President, I had already told our three Senators to team up with Akpabio.
“Please when you emerge the Senate President by the special grace of God, have Kogi State and the development of the North Central zone in your mind, particularly the completion and commissioning of the over 90 percent complete Ajaokuta Steel Company.”
Receiving members of the Senate Stability Group, who came to thank him for his support for the Akpabio/Jibrin project in Abuja, the former APC presidential aspirant said: “It is the practice all over the world that presidents and even governors show special interest in who leads the legislative arm of government for unity of purpose towards delivering dividends of democracy.”
He argued President Tinubu was not demanding too much from the lawmakers on his choices for the leadership of the 10th Senate in the persons of Senators Akpabio and Jibrin, saying “even America’s democracy is guided, you can’t have it all. If you don’t guide it, we would be moving in different directions.
“I have therefore taken over the choices of the President and the leadership of our party for the positions of the Senate President and Deputy as my personal project. We must support these choices for them to emerge as declared by Mr President and our party.
“The current government needs stability to turn around the fortunes of the people for good and that can’t be achieved in a state of rancor. President Tinubu believes in the capacity of Akpabio to lead the Senate to drive home his agenda for Nigerians. Let us give him all the necessary support.”
