Kogi State Governorship Inauguration: Governor Bello set to roll out plans for second term on Monday
Barring last minute changes, Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello of Kogi State is set to name new commissioners on Monday immediately after his swearing in for another term in office.
Monday, January 27 is the inauguration ceremony of the governor of the Kogi States to mark the commencement of a new four-year term of Yahaya Bello. This ceremony takes place for each new governorship term, even if the governor is continuing in office for a second term.
Sources report that Asiru Idris, Engr. Abubakar, Wemi Jones, Moses Atakpa, made the list of Commissioners, while the former Secretary to the State Government and Chief of Staff are to return.
According to The Nigerian Post, the Kogi State House of Assembly is to reconvene Tuesday or Wednesday to screen commissioner nominees.
Similarly, the Director of the Local Governments of the 21 LGA are expected to take over from the caretaker administrators on Monday.
Earlier, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured the people of the state of the governor’s readiness to meet their aspirations, saying he would not take their mandate for granted.
The party declared this in a statement issued Sunday evening in Abuja and signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu.
“In the last governorship election, the people of Kogi State demonstrated unequivocally their implicit trust and confidence in the governor, thereby renewing the mandate of the APC-led government.
“We assure Kogites that the governor would not take this sacred trust for granted and would continue to clean the rot bequeathed by past PDP administrations and galvanise the resources of the state towards uplifting the confluence state and taking It to the next level.
“Our great party is confident that the Governor Bello-led administration will justify the overwhelming reelection mandate bestowed on the administration by the good people of Kogi State, by redoubling its efforts in harnessing the state’s massive potentials and bringing people-focused development to the state”.