NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF OKUN STUDENTS (NAOS) ENDORSES SEN. DINO MELAYE FOR KOGI GOVERNOR
BY Abubakar S.H
The National Association of Okun Students ( NAOS), Kogi West Students, has endorsed the PDP candidate for Kogi State Governorship election, Senator Dino Melaye, come 11th of November 2023.
In a press conference convened by the the group leader, Comrade Ajibade Olamilekan David in Lokoja, the National President said on Tuesday, said that the apex students’ body in Kogi West Senatorial District, expressed the need to produce the next Governor of Kogi State from Kogi West District, in the interest of fairness and justice for any political party that upholds the tenets of democracy.
The president said it is only the PDP that conducted a free, fair, and transparent primary where a son of Kogi West, in the person of Senator Dino Melaye, emerged as the governorship candidate.
According to him, ” We, however, reckon that we have three candidates from our district, Kogi West, all of whom are of Okun extraction. We also have access to the three, but after a careful analysis of the experience, the political network and impact across the district, the viability of their political parties and their capacity to leverage on state and national political structures, the inevitable and logical conclusion is that the PDP candidate, Senator Dino Melaye, is the best among them based on all relevant criteria”.
He highlighted the criterias as having
Capacity, Acceptability, Political Experience, Accessibility, Intellectual, prowess, Political structure and Capacity.
He further stressed that the PDP candidate has proven beyond reasonable doubts that he has all it takes to make kogi State a prosperous place for all and sundry.
The Student leader further stated that the capacities Sen. Melaye demonstrated during his time in the senate is second to none in the history of kogi.” Kogi West benefitted in project development during his term as Senator representing Kogi West”,he stressed.
In his words, ” his outspoken and vibrant spirit towards ensuring good governance in Nigeria as a whole is evidence of his zeal for growth”.
The National president also stated that After the long consultation, we noticed that the street credibility and love for Sen Dino Melaye were not met by any other candidates, according to him, ” Our Students and Youths across Kogi West and across the entire scope of Nigeria see Dino Melaye as the Voice for the Voiceless and therefore have given their unalloyed pledge of vote to his candidacy. We have visited our various schools, and the Love for Dino is so massive that it is visible to the blind and audible to the deaf”.
” Senator Dino Melaye was at various times a Student Union Leader like us. He became a Representative Member of Kabba Bunu/ Ijumu Federal Constituency”.
David further said Sen. Dino Melaye was twice as a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and noted that it was on record that he received the award of the most outstanding Senator during his terms in the Senate, where he served in various Capacities. His accumulated experience is adequate to recommend him for a greater responsibility”.
He boasted that Senator Dino Melaye is the best in terms of relating with Students and Youths, saying Melaye is a Comrade like us who always takes pleasure in meeting and interacting with students.
According to him, Sen. Dino Melaye Love for Youths is unprecedented and, of course, unequalled by any of the candidates.
In his words, ” Senator Dino Melaye has obtained diverse credentials and administrative knowledge which make him soundly equipped and brilliantly positioned”.
