The House of Representatives candidate of the Action Democratic Party (ADP) for Kwande/Ushongo in the forth coming elections, Comrade Akerigba, Akerigba has described Governor Hyacinth Alia as a consummate democrat who is bringing a new phase of leadership to Benue State.
Akerigba said Governor Alia is providing the dividends of democracy in service and is accommodating other political parties which is ideal democratic governance.
He stated this when he walked into the Newsroom of The Voice Newspaper on Wednesday.
The House of Representatives candidate said his visit was to thank the governor for providing security to his kinsmen in Ikov in response to a letter he personally wrote to the governor.
According to him, the governor has also created enabling environment for other political parties to operate in the state which is ideal in democratic practice.
He applauded the governor for his developmental strides in areas of infrastructure and road networks amongst others in the State adding that partisan politics must not be mixed with governance.
Comrade Akerigba further also appreciated the people of kwande/Ushongo for finding him worthy to run for the National Assembly seat 2027 under the ADP with the hope that they will give him the full mandate at the general polls. He said, “having trained under an NGO setting, where hard work, dedication and commitment are valued as key to sustained growth and development, I urge all Ushongo and kwande people to take ample opportunity of my wealth of experience and support my candidature as the candidate for kwande liberation cause”.
He appreciated the youths, women and his co-aspirants in Ushongo and Kwande spanning across all the political parties for their spirit of sportsmanship and fraternity.
“I specially appreciate my friend Orseer Jegu, Prof. Kohol Iornem and his brothers: the former Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Ikyange, Dr. Ngutor Fajir, Ikondo mnena, Felix Ngutswen, Atser Gundu and host of others$”.
” Not left out in this appreciation are the traditional Rulers -the Tor kwande, Ter Ushongo, MueMATA- Chief Daniel Ayada, Tyoor Ikov, Chief Samuel Iorhule, and his kindred head Zaki Aondoaseer Akerigba.
Comr. Akerigba promised that if electe he would create youth friendly programmes for the kwande/Ushongo youths and ensure the construction of local bridges across communities to ensure linkages with other communities with particular emphasis on the abandoned Ikpajov bridge in Ikov.
He promised to liaise with Gov. Alia, who, he believed would be reelected to curb security challenges along kwande/Ushongo axis.
The House of Representatives candidate also promised to provide scholarship to all undergraduate students in the constituency, boost agricultural produce in kwande/Ushongo through global best agricultural support programs.
In addition to these, he would electrifiy communities without electricity address water challenges in rural areas through sinking of boreholes and provide free medical care services to kwande/Ushongo inhabitants.
Other areas of interest according to him, would be building of schools across the 26 council wards of both kwande and Ushongo partner with business people via SMEs through Bevix Multi purpose Cooperative, already established, for loans. He, therefore, appealed to all to support Comr. Akerigba, Akerigba for a greater kwande/Ushongo to liberate his constituency.
