The Kogi Women in Politics, has urged the All Progressive Congress (APC) to, in fairness, zone the Governorship of the state to the Western Senatorial Zone of the state.
Mrs Titi Omotola, Leader of Feminist advocacy group made call on Thursday during a press conference held in Lokoja.
“This call and demand is based on the principle of equity and fairness, which we believe can bind us together in the state as a United political entity in the Nigerian Federation.
“As women in Kogi West, we are ardently in support of the emergence of an APC Governorship candidate of Okun extraction to balance the equation in Kogi.
“Since the creation of Kogi, Kogi East has ruled for 16 years while at the expiration of the second term of ex-governor Yahaya Bello, Kogi Central would have ruled for eight years while Kogi West has not produced the Governorship position of the state.
“Kogi West Women in Politics pleads with the national leadership of APC to give a favourable consideration to a Kogi State person to emerge as its Governorship candidate as a just and fair political party by ensuring a seamless power shift to Kogi West which in honest view, is the right thing for the party, which stands for inclusive governance, ” the group claimed.
The group expressed its aversion to ethnic and political marginalization of any part of the state with an appeal to all parts to “eschew ethnic antagonism as we move to the governorship primary this April to elect our party flag bearer for the November 2023 guber election.”
The advocacy group quickly thanked Governor Yahaya Bello for demonstrating and giving fair representation to the women fork in his administration as more women have been appointed into key political positions both at state and local government levels.
The group, however, expressed confidence in the feminist disposition of Governor Bello’s administration to greater women representation in governance as they urge Gov. Bello to support women’s quest for peaceful power shift in the state as the governorship tussle hots up with legal firestorm. (e-meralnews)
