Bello urged to embrace Audu’s family

Kogi state Governor, Yahaya Bello, has been urged to embrace the political family of the Late Prince Abubakar Audu in moving the state forward.
Leader of the family, Prince Yahaya Audu, made the call at the 40th Day Prayer in honour of the matriarch of the family, Hajiya Zainab Audu, who died on May 3, this year.
Leading the prayer at family house in Kogi, the Chief Imam of the community, Alhaji Isiaka Odinya Ojibogo, charged the entire family to continue to support the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello. Yahaya Ausu also urged the Governor not to forsake the family and his followers.
“It is incumbent on the Governor to demonstrate that after inheriting the Late Prince Abubakar Audu’s political structure in the state; he is duty-bound to live and operate in accordance with the principles of this famed politician who considered every constituency or person in Kogi state as his biological brother, friend and best partner to prove his sterling leadership qualities,” he said.
The event also witnessed the institution of a scholarship program for the less privileged students in Kogi state christened, “Umulkelsum Audu Yahaya Educational Foundation “and to be administered by a trustee appointed by Alhaji Audu in honour of his late daughter, Umul Kelsum Anna Audu Yahaya, who died two days after her master’s degree programme at the Middlesex University, London.” He said plans had been completed to institute the memorial foundation “so as to assist people in Kogi East and the entire state who, for lack of funds, cannot meet such obligations.” According to him, the Foundation is a very little way of supporting the less privileged brothers and sisters and as a way of expressing love and commitment to his community, people and state as a whole.
“I assure you that these efforts shall be sustained and will be expanded to accommodate many of those in need and shall be administered based on transparency, equity and fairness to all.
“I hold it very dear to my heart that the greatest legacy to leave behind for any generation is education, to me education remains the only tool that would take away our youths from the street and insulate them from the temptation of armed robbery and kidnapping.”

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