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Effective leadership is about preparation. Kogi state next Governor must not only bring positive experience on the table. They must also have a history of positive engagement in helping to move Kogi state forward. They must have demonstrated personal courage and strength in standing for truth and justice. They must have shown through their public and private actions, a capacity for speaking truth to power. They must have a clear understanding of the issues that assail Kogi state – from corruption in the civil service and the political class, to the maneuvering among Kogi political elites that have led to the continued impoverishment of Kogi people. Beyond understanding the problems, they must also have a clear -eyed view of what it takes to move Kogi state out of poverty and backwardness and onto the path of prosperity and growth.
Kogi next Governor must have demonstrated ability to thrive within Kogi state and a capacity for creating alliances. Above all, Kogi state next Governor must have demonstrated capacity to birth an idea and to rally people and institution around it. Only one person in the race for Governor can say they have met every single one of these requirements. That person is Engr. Musa Wada.
Engr. Musa Wada has built alliances across the political spectrum. This is something that comes naturally to him given his background as a pro-democracy and a public servant. As someone who has participated in, and have worked to enhance the Nigerian port Authority for over 25 years, few people, if any, have the insight that he has garnered about the workings of the system .
His manifesto is unique. Not only does he outline plans for moving Kogi forward, he also lays out clearly, where many jobs he has promised will come from, and how every single one of the many programs that he promises to implement will be paid for.
THE NEXT STEP..
Whatever happened since 2015, one thing is clear, the Kogi state political system has been changed. For the first time in our state history, the “other governorship aspirant are not a pack of hus-beens or unaccomplished attention seekers. Men and women like Engr. Musa Wada, Victor Adoji, Muhammed Shaibu Tettes, grace Adejoh, AVM Atawodi and Emmanuel Ogbe Omebije, are men and women of seriousness and substance.
The world is changing. Economic and geopolitical alliances are shifting. The next 5-10 year will be an epochal period in world history that will determine what Kogi fate and its place in the world will be for a long time to come.
If Kogi is to enter into this new age poised for growth and progress, it must shed it baggage from the past, unshackled itself from the burden of old and tired ideas that have held us in bondages for many years and embrace new and bold vision for the future. Engr. Musa Wada has demonstrated with his life’s work, that he is the person that is most able to lead Kogi to the glorious future.
A concerned party member writes from Dekina local government.
