Ohiare officially joins Kogi state governorship race, picks APC form
By Ogaga Ariemu
The former Executive Director of Rural Electrification Fund, Dr Sanusi Ohiare, has officially joined the Kogi State governorship race under the All Progressives Congress.
Ohiare disclosed this to the Nigerian NewsDirect on Tuesday when he picked up his nomination form in Abuja.
Ohiare said his decision was spurred by his unalloyed determination to serve his people.
He pledged to improve Kogi’s infrastructure, investment and industrial sectors.
Ohiare called for the support of well-meaning Kogi state indigenes.
He said, “Let us be that generation that reshaped Kogi to compete favourably, through digital innovation, amongst the committee of states in Nigeria.
“Let us help sustain and build on the legacy of Governor Yahaya Bello in Education, Healthcare, infrastructure and security.
“Let us create the enabling environment for Kogi to attract huge investments as we did at the Rural Electrification Agency.
“Let us partner with the private sector and welcome them to Kogi to help us create jobs with better pay for our youths.
Let us make education more affordable and skill acquisition readily available for our youths.
“Let us partner with the Federal Government to build an inland port in Lokoja, build rain lines connecting the North, build an airport, rehabilitate more roads and build newer ones, and effectively, make Kogi the Logistics hub of this nation”.
Dr Sanusi is a seasoned technocrat, an astute public administrator of repute, a gifted giver: his passion for the indigent students, the widows and the less privileged is unparalleled.
Before his appointment in April 2017 at REA, he worked with the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), as a National Advisor on Rural Electrification, under the Nigerian Energy Support Programme (NESP), co-funded by the European Union and German Government.
The Independent National Electoral Commission fixed November 11 2023, for the off-cycle elections in Kogi, Bayelsa and Imo states.
In line with INEC’s announcement, the APC said it would conduct the party’s governorship primaries between March 27 and April 17.
