Forum urges Kwara Gov.-elect, Abdulrazaq, to keep campaign promises
Alh. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Kwara Gov.-elect
Promises
By Yinusa Ishola
Omu-Aran (Kwara) March 21, 2019 (NAN) A group, Kwara South Progressive Forum, on Thursday urged the state’s Governor-elect, Alh. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, to keep the campaign promise he made to turn around fortunes of the state for better.
Co-coordinator and Secretary of the forum, Chief Bola Olu and Mr Bisi Omidiji, made this known in a statement they signed on Thursday and released in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.
The forum advised the governor-elect to adopt a workable blueprint to drive governance of the state in order to achieve the desired socio-economic development envisioned for the state.
It maintained that it was the responsibility of the governor, as the new helmsman in the state, to address the underdevelopment of the past 16 years.
According to the group, it is only through exemplary leadership, constructive performance and accountability that Abdulrazaq can justify the confidence reposed in him by the people.
“The recent general elections have clearly proved to the political elite that the average Nigerian voter attaches so much value to his ballot, genuine public service and accountability,” the forum said.
It congratulated the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who is the leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state; Hon. Bashiru Bolarinwa, the state Chairman of APC; and all other party leaders in the state on the success of the party in the 2019 elections.
“Your hard work, dedication and commitment before, during and after the general elections in the state totally uprooted the feudalistic Saraki hegemony from the state.
“The outgoing government will not go down without a fight-back; the only means of power retention on a long-term basis was progressive policies and relevant project execution by the in-coming government.
“The governor-elect must never allow lethargy to set in from the starting block to the finishing end.
“You must constitute a team that will equitably represent the ethnic blocks in the state and prioritize the urgent needs of the workers, pensioners who had suffered criminal neglect by the out-going PDP government of Fatah Ahmed,” it added.
The forum also enjoined the governor-elect to critically study the agricultural potentials of the state with a view to driving the army of our unemployed youths back to the land for meaningful employment.
It further spoke of the need for thorough investigation of the ownership of Shonga Farm, the Aviation College in Ilorin, and the Kwara Football Academy.
According to the forum, the investigation is necessary because the establishments have gulped so much of the state’s resources without corresponding returns.
“With transparency, accountability, and proper blockage of all financial drain pipes, Kwara State should witness a meaningful turn-around within the next four years,” the forum said. (NAN)
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Edited by Emmanuel Yashim