Leaders of the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi Central senatorial district on Friday
took turn to praise the senator representing them, Ahmed Ogembe, for his
quality and purposeful representation of the zone at the upper chamber
of the national assembly.
The leaders of the party
who were in the national assembly on the invitation of the
distinguished Senator, urged him not to relent on his good work and
leadership style.
In his opening remark,
the Senator said he invited the leaders to brief them on the happenings
in the upper chamber, as it concerned the zone so they could be informed
and make their input where necessary.
The senator said that he needed to brief them on his position on
Ajaokuta steel company after consulting with relevant stakeholders.
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He disclosed that he went as far as consulting a London based
expert so he could get enough information on the true state of the
company.
“I had to take my time
to study the concession agreement made by the federal government on
NIOMCO, including consulting with various stakeholders and a London
based expert before addressing the public.
“There has been pressure on me to speak on this matter, but I could
not speak on critical issue as such without due consultation and input
of leaders and stakeholders from my senatorial district,” Ogembe said.
The senator, therefore, gave out copies of the concession
agreement, urging them to set up a committee to look at it and come up
with a memo so he could combine with his own findings and take a common
stand.
On the power outage in Kogi central, the senator said he has been
talking with the DISCO’s and appealing to them to ensure power is
restored, noting that another meeting has been schedule to hold soon.
Speaking on other areas, Ogembe said though he was not part of the
budgeting process, but he had done everything within his capacity to
ensure that Kogi Central was not left out in the scheme of things.
“There are proposed
construction of boreholes and transformers in our district, complete the
civic centre I started when I was council’s chairman, and funds has
also been earmarked for women and youths empowerment.
“In addition, I have
been able to also secure federal appointments for some of the youths in
our constituency,” the senator said.
In his remark, former
deputy governor of Kogi, Chief Patrick Adaba, commended the senator on
his laudable achievements, urging him to keep on the good work.
Other Leaders at the
meeting took turn to commend the senator for organising such a meeting
which they noted to be the first of its kind.
It was resolved at the
meeting that the leaders will form a committee that would study the
report and revert back to the senator in the next few days.
The security situation in the state was also part of the subjects of discussion at the meeting.
Hon. Tijani Damisa,
member, who is the House of Representatives member representing Okene
and Ogori /Magongo federal constituency, commended Senator Ahmed Ogembe
for his leadership directions that will bring the desired peace and
development to central senatorial district.
He pledged to always cooperate with the senator to see that the interest of his people are not shortchange.
Other leaders at the meeting includes: Hon Moses Okino, Alh. A. O. Salami, Hon Abdulkarim Salihu, Prince Bode
Ogunmola, Hon. Godwin Osiyi, Assembly member representing Ogori
/Magongo, Hon. M.K. Ibrahim, Alhaji Sule Engineer, Ambassador Usman
Bello, Hon. Adinoyi Aroke, Hon. Momoh Steven Aziz, Hon. Jonjo, all the
PDP local government Chairmen from Central senatorial district and a
host of others.
