***Promises to collaborate with steel experts globally to revamp Ajaokuta
The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Mr Dumebi Kachikwu has promised to tackle perennial flood menace rocking Kogi and other states in Nigeria by taking care of the root causes.
He said if elected as president he will get experts to come and examine the flood patterns to understand the gravity of flooding in every season to know how to tackle it.
Kachukwu made the promise while speaking at a town hall meeting ahead of the commencement of the party’s campaign in Lokoja, the Kogi state Capital.
The presidential candidate while commiserating with the victims and families of those who lost their lives and property due to flooding stressed the need to start re-planning by going back to the basics where the nation got it wrong.
“We cannot allow our people to continue to suffer hardships; this flood has cost us billions, several lives lost, farmlands and property destroyed.
“We must start thinking differently. We must know what we have and what we can do with the available resources,” he said.
He promised to collaborate with experts in steel management across the globe to revamp ailing Ajaokuta Steel Company.
The ADC Presidential Candidate emphasised that some vested interests had stopped the steel company from working for years.
Kachikwu assured the people of his commitment and vision to turn things around and alleviate their suffering as well as Nigeria at large.
He appealed to the people to vote for him and all the ADC candidates at all levels across the state come 2023.
A former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Kogi State, Mrs Justina Abanida, urged the people to rally round the presidential candidate and vote massively for ADC.
Kogi State Chairman of the ADC, Mr Kingsley Ogga, assured the presidential candidate that Kogi remained a stronghold of ADC.
Ogga promised that they would deliver the state in a landslide victory to the ADC at the polls in the 2023 presidential elections.