From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Deputy Governor, Onoja and Governor Yahaya Bello after both received theie Certificate of Return from INEC in Lokoja
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on Thursday presented Certificate of Return to the Governor-elect of Kogi state, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello.
Bello who is the incumbent governor of Kogi state was reelected last Saturday to rule the state for another four years with effect from January 27th, 2020.
The Zonal National Commissioner of INEC for Kogi, Niger, and Kwara States, Mohammed Haruna while making the presentation said the ceremony marked the beginning of a new era in Kogi state.
He said the certificate of return just issued to the Governor-elect, Alhaji Yahaya Bello is inline with the constitutional provision to authentic the genuineness of the electoral process that produced him as the new governor.
The Governor-elect, Alhaji Yahaya Bello while receiving the certificate of return commended the people of Kogi state for his re-election with a promise to reciprocate the gesture through sustenance of good governance.
He solicited the cooperation of the people across the three senatorial districts of the state assuring that no axis of the state will be left out in the new dispensation for massive development irrespective of ethnic or political affiliations.
Bello vowed to work seriously with the security agencies to fish out perpetrators of the violence that greeted the November 16 governorship polls either before, during and after the election.
Also speaking at the ceremony, the chairman of Inter party Advisory Council (IPAC), in the state, Ibrahim Itodo called on Governor Yahaya Bello to embrace the spirit of Unity Government where all sections of the state will be carried along in the scheme of things.
