Zoning of elective positions is a gentleman’s agreement which is not constitutional because every eligible person has the constitutional right to contest in an election, submitted the member representing Lokoja/Kogi Federal constituency, Hon. Umar Buba Jibrin.
Hon. Jibrin who said Lokoja and Kogi Local Government Areas had been partners in progress, added that the mutual trust between the areas had fortified the Peoples Democratic Party.
He made this known while presenting some items to beneficiaries from his constituency, at the Lokoja Township Stadium recently. He described the N30 million project as a fulfillment of his electioneering promises to the electorate, just as he did in 2008.
The items presented are 10 cars, 200 motorcycles, 33 power generating sets, 80 sewing machines and 30 television sets. Others include three water pumps, 100 bundles of fishing nets, 60 food coolers, 46 cartons of agro-chemicals/knapsacks and 30 aluminum pots.
The lawmaker noted that he had not embarked on a campaign for re-eleciton yet, but maintained that “the initiative was a fulfillment of the promises I had earlier made” stressing that, “I have even gone beyond what I promised”.