Melaye splashes 200 million naira worth of relief materials on constituents

* says “Nobody Can Undermine My Leadership In Kogi APC”

By Gideon Ayodele

He made this known in Ayetoro-Gbede his country home over the weekend during the distribution of empowerment materials worth over N200 Million naira where many of the constituents benefited.

Empowerment materials given out during the programme include 2000 pieces of blanket, 300 bundles of roofing sheets for those that were affected by flood and disaster, 200 bags of rice, 200 pieces of bathroom towels and 500 pieces of mattresses.
Others according to him include 500 pieces of printed wax, 20 bags of two inches nail, 200 packets of sink nails, 100 cartons of milo, 500 pieces of Guinea brocade, 100 kegs of vegetable oil, 100 kegs of 20 litre of palm oil.

50 bags of maize, 30 bags of sugar, 10 cartons of milk, 30 cartons of tin tomatoes, 15 motorcycle, generators and sewing machines.

One of the traditional ruler who spoke with newsmen, the Agbana of Isanlu, Oba Aaron Ikuborije described the gesture as too great beyond human commendation, saying that it is only God that can commend the senator, for all he has been doing for the people.

In reaction to speculations and rumour of his leadership in the APC, Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye said that nobody can undermined his leadership in All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state as he debunked all negative insinuations against his person and his position in the APC.

He made this known in Ayetoro-Gbede his country home over the weekend during the distribution of empowerment materials worth over N200 Million naira where many of the constituents benefited.

“There are so many unnecessary comments and rhetorics, some small small rats have been making noise around. As far as APC is concerned in Kogi State we are in charge, I am not boasting.

“The Governor of Kogi State cannot underwrite me in Kogi State neither can anybody under write me in APC in Kogi State I say this with every sense of responsibility and humility.

“I am the only member of the board of trustees of APC in Kogi State, even the Governor of Kogi State is not a member, I am also a member of the executive council of APC.

“They said since I got in to office i have not done anything that I do not even have a secretariat, that is fallacious and a lie as i am the only Senator in the Federal republic of Nigeria who is actually building a permanent structure as an office complex that will be commissioned in few days time from now in January.”

Adding that people were merely wasting their time talking about factions, support or no support saying that when they get to that bridge they shall cross it.

He said before now he was a colonel saying that now that he is a general no small politician can fight him, as he admonished his followers not to be perturbed by what they hear as he does not blab or talk for nothing.

Senator Dino opined that his motion for the conversion of Kabba College of Agricultion to a Federal University of Agriculture, has passed through the first reading adding that very soon the school would be sited in Kabba.

He said since he was elected as Senator, he had attracted constituency projects of two blocks of classroom each in the 7 local Government area as well as 2 town halls in Kogi  Local Government and Ijumu Local Government.