You Have Put Your Party to Public Ridicule, PDP Tells Kogi APC

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has once again taken a swipe at the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kogi State, describing it as being in the habit of ridiculing the party and the state at every turn.

The Publicity Secretary of Kogi State PDP, Hon. Bode Ogunmola, made the observation while reacting to the outing of the spokesman of the Prince Abubakar Audu/Hon James Faleke Campaign Organisation, Abdulmalik Suleiman on the popular ‘Sunrise Daily’ live television discussion programme on Channels Television.

Asked a question about the loan exposure of Kogi State, if this could in anyway impede the release of the bailout fund approved for the state by the federal government, Mallam Abdulmalik had quoted a ridiculous sum of N745bn!
Prodded further to confirm how he came about such a staggering sum, Abdulmalik volunteered that the figure was the outcome of research undertaken by the APC in Kogi State, to determine the level of the state’s indebtedness.
Reminded that even Lagos State, the largest economy in the country and the sixth largest economy in Africa, does not owe as much, the Kogi APC spokesman insisted he was speaking from facts available to his party.

According to Ogunmola: “The APC in Kogi State have fluffed the remnant of the opportunity they have to convince the people of Kogi State, that they have anything, just anything to offer our people. It is really sad, so so sad, that they do not know the state of the state they intend to govern.”

Citing a document from the Debt Management Office (DMO), Ogunmola said whereas Lagos State ranks at the top of the ladder of indebted states in the country, with a loan exposure of N500billion, Kogi State ranks at No 30, with liabilities totalling N17 billion.