The much-anticipated and
one of the most recent talked about Kogi election has introduced its deputy
governor.
Yahaya Bello the Kogo-state
governor appointed Hon. Simon Achuba as the deputy governor of the state.
A post on APC’s Facebook
page indicates that Bello in a letter to the House of Assembly, asked the
lawmakers to confirm Achuba as his deputy. His action follows the refusal of
Hon. James Faleke, the running mate to the late Prince Abubakar Audu, to accept
the office.
Faleke, a House of
Representatives member, was the running mate to the late Audu in an election
that was inconclusive due to the death of Audu. Faleke, who was seen as Bello’s
deputy rejected the position on the ground that he was rather the one to be
installed as governor following the demise of Audu and not Bello.
The APC after several
abortive attempts to convince Faleke to take the deputy governorship position
went ahead and inaugurated the administration of Bello on January 27 2016 without
a deputy governor. Since Bello took over office about 2 weeks ago, the state
had been without a deputy governor, a situation that had brought about intense
debate in the State.
The letter reads: “In line with the provision of Section 186
of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999) as amended, I
have the pleasure to forward herewith, the name of Hon. Simon Achuba for
approval of appointment as the deputy governor of Kogi State.
“Hon.
Achuba (JP) hails from Ibaji Local Government Area of Kogi State and was a
two-time honourable member of the state House of Assembly from 1999 to 2007
where he was Deputy-Speaker during his second tenure.
“In
view of the above, it will be highly appreciated if the request is treated and
approved with utmost speed to pave way for his assumption of office.”
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