The Labour Party LP gubernatorial aspirant in Kogi state, Mrs Atule Ahmadu-Afolabi has decried the level of political intolerance and hostility against women folk in the state.
Mrs Ahmadu-Afolabi who is vying for the governorship poll in November 2023 has vowed never to be deterred by the antics that male politicians adopt to scare women away from the race.
She bared her mind on Tuesday in Abuja at the Party’s Presidential Campaign Office in Abuja during the governorship screening.
Mrs Afolabi said she has the ability to tackle political discrimination and other social vices that threaten security and democratic principles in the state.
The aspirant who was at the Party’s Presidential Campaign Office, the venue for governorship Screening, in Abuja, noted that the Kogi state has been characterized by so many political abnormalities, which only a determined and caring mother can change.
Ahmadu-Afolabi disclosed that her decision, seeking to occupy the Lord Lugard House in Lokoja as the next Governor of the state, was predicated on the urgent need to salvage the state from imminent collapse, due to maladministration.
She further stated that apart from denying civil servants their legitimate wages by the present administration, the state’s healthcare system was in a deep mess.
According to her, both human and natural resources which Kogi is endowed with have not been properly harnessed and managed by successive governments in the state.
“Going through the health institutions, some of them don’t have basic paracetamol. These are the things we are here to change.
“My main focus is to ensure that Kogi state is economically viable through selfless services.
If you are driving around the state now, you could see hunger physically on the faces of the people. That is why I am here to change the narrative for good, ” she said.
Dominica Nwabufo
