Kogi 2023: I’ll run an all-inclusive government, says Dino Melaye

The gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye, has assured that if elected as the state governor, his administration will not be a sectional government but an all-inclusive one.

Melaye made this pledge while speaking during a courtesy visit to the Palace of the Attah Igala in Idah, Idah Local Government Area of the state yesterday.

He said he came to receive the royal blessings from the paramount ruler of Igala Kingdom and the President of Kogi State Council of Chiefs, HRM Alaji Matthew Opaluwa Oguche Akpa, in Idah, the ancestral home of the Igala Kingdom.

Melaye, who was in company of his running mate, Hajia Habeebat Mohammed Deen, the state Chairman of the party, Samuel Uhuotu, and other stakeholders of the party, paid a courtesy visit on the royal father to receive his blessings as they are approaching the campaign and election process.

The PDP governorship candidate, expressed his gratitude to the royal father, the Attah Igala, and the blue beaded chiefs for receiving him warmly into the palace.

Melaye requested for the continuous prayers of the royal father to ensure that they emerge victorious at the polls.

He assured the royal father that the stool of Attah Igala would be properly placed, and it will receive national and international recognition.

The former senator said: “We have not come here to campaign because the time for campaign is not set but we have come to pay a courtesy visit on our father who I respect so much.