ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress, (ADC) in the 2023 general elections, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu, has unveiled plans to tackle perennial flood menace rocking Kogi and other states in Nigeria if elected president.
The founder and Chairman of Roots Television made this promise while speaking at a town hall meeting ahead of the commencement of the party’s campaign in Lokoja, the Kogi state Capital.
Commiserating with the victims and families of those who lost their lives and property due to flooding, Kachikwu said there is need to start re-planning, by going back to the basis where the nation got it wrong.
“We cannot allow our people to continue to suffer hardships; this flood has cost us billions, several lives lost, farmlands and property destroyed.
“We must start thinking differently. We must know what we have and what we can do with the available resources,” he added.
Kachikwu, the Nigerian Billionaire Media Entrepreneur, explained that the country needs to get experts to come and examine the flood patterns to understand the gravity of flooding in every season to know how to tackle it.
The ADC presidential candidate also promised to collaborate with experts in steel management across the globe to revamp dilapidated Ajaokuta Steel Company, saying that some vested interests had stopped the steel company from working for years.
Kachikwu assured the people of his commitment and vision to turn things around and alleviate their suffering as well as Nigeria at large.
He appealed to the people to vote for him and all the ADC candidate at all levels across the state come 2023.
On her part, a former Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Kogi State, Mrs. Justina Abanida, urged the people to rally round the presidential candidate and vote massively for ADC.
Speaking also, the Kogi State Chairman of the ADC, Mr. Kingsley Ogga, assured the presidential candidate that Kogi remained a stronghold of ADC.
Ogga also, promised that they would deliver the state in a landslide victory for ADC at the poll in the 2023 presidential elections.