The Kogi State Assembly has asked Governor Yahaya Bello to contest for president in the 2023 election.

The lawmakers made the call after passing a motion to this effect during plenary, in Lokoja, on Wednesday.

House Majority Leader, Hassan Abdullahi, while moving the motion said the call was based on the outstanding performance of the Governor since he assumed office in 2016.

The resolution which was passed by the house partly read, “We, the Right Honourable Speaker and Honourable Members of the Kogi State House of Assembly, upon due deliberation of proper motion therefore, do hereby unanimously make and pass a Vote of Confidence on His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State.

“That, this Vote of Confidence is founded upon irrefutable and irreducible incidents of Governor Yahaya Bello’s leadership as the 4th Executive Governor of Kogi State, for a reference period spanning 27th January, 2016 till date, during which he has demonstrated uncommon Courage, Capacity and Competence at his duty post, even in the face of the most daunting odds.”

The speaker Rt. HON. Matthew Kolawole who spoke to newsmen after the session said, “We have made our case. Nigerians are very reasonable. Kogi is selfless to offer our God-given Governor to Nigeria.”