Adamawa election: Idi Hong promises to foster unity

Former Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs, Dr. Aliyu Idi Hong,
weekend, said his intention to join
the gubernatorial race in Adamawa
State on the platform of the PDP
was to unite the various ethnic
groups as a basis for social and
economic development of the
state.
The one-time secretary of the PDP
in the state, who made this known
at the formal announcement of his
intent to the party leadership in
Yola, promised to turn around the
fortune of the state.
The former minister told newsmen
in an interview that he obtained
the form for a rescue mission to
save Adamawa State from total
collapse and wished to use his
privileged position as one of the
most conversant with the plights
of the state and therefore, regard
the aspiration to bring about
social transformation of the state.
According to Hong: “Adamawa had
never been so polarised as in the
last regime. I am out to vie for the
office of Governor of Adamawa
State for rescue mission urgently
as the state is in the lowest stage
of its development, hence the need
to rescue it from imminent
disasters that may follow its
collapse.
“We have not seen impressive
progress and improvements as
other states have witnessed in
term of infrastructure and social
transformation which require
serious-minded people to rise to
the occasion and rescue it from
total collapse.”