L-R; Chairman, Caretaker Committee, APC Kwara
State, Mr. Bashir Bolarinwa; Minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Former Deputy Speaker, Kwara State House of
Assembly, Mr. Dele Shittu and the former Chairman of PDP Kwara
State, Mr. Iyiola Oyedepo, at the stakeholders’ meeting of the
Congress of Kwara Progressives in Ilorin, Kwara State, on
Thursday.
A cross-section of stakeholders of the
Congress of Kwara Progressives at their meeting in Ilorin, Kwara
State, on Thursday. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, has called for unity, sacrifice and commitment from
all stakeholders in order to put Kwara state on the path of good
governance and also win the state for President Muhammadu Buhari in
the 2019 elections. The Minister, who made the call at a
stakeholders’ meeting organized by the Congress of Kwara
Progressives in Ilorin on Thursday, said the time is ripe for
the people of Kwara to take back their state from plunderers. ”What
an auspicious time for all of us! Never before have we had a great
opportunity like we have now to take our state back from the
rapacious few, who have held the state by the jugular and prevented
it from meeting the hopes and aspirations of its people. ”From my
consultations with key stakeholders so far, I can say,
categorically, that Kwarans have all resolved to take their destiny
into their own hands and take back what rightly belongs to them.
This is unprecedented in the history of our state, and we must not
waste this opportunity,” he charged Alhaji Mohammed stressed the
need for unity on the part of the people, saying ”if we all remain
united, we can’t and we won’t lose the looming battle for the
survival of our dear state. All that is required is for us all to
subordinate our individual ambitions to the collective efforts to
wrest our state from the hegemony of one man and his cohorts”. He
said that, on his part, he won’t be running for any office during
the forthcoming elections, adding: ”For me, it is not about any
clamour for office. It is about working with all like minds for the
greater benefit of our people.” The Minister warned that the battle
ahead would not be easy, and that those who are opposed to change
in the state will deploy all strategies, including blackmail, to
retain their stranglehold on power ”Make no mistake about it, the
battle ahead will be tough. No one with power will ever give it up
easily. But the power of the people supersedes all powers. That’s
why I am delighted, and indeed encouraged, that the good people of
our state, whether from the North, South or Central, are all united
in their singular determination to rescue their state from the
grinding poverty, monumental misgovernance and the general state of
funk that has enveloped it,” he said. Alhaji Mohammed said it is a
mere blackmail to say he does not like the people of Ilorin, and
went ahead to enumerate his antecedents, which include actively
supporting an Ilorin indigene for governor in 2011. He assured that
under the new dispensation in the state, every Kwaran counts and
will have a voice, saying: ”The resources of Kwara will be used for
the development of the state and its people. Never again will our
people be turned to panhandlers, never again will our people be
made to eat crumbs from the master’s table. We must become the
masters of our own destiny.” Segun Adeyemi SA To Hon Minister of
Information and Culture Abuja 10 Aug. 2018
L-R; Chairman, Caretaker Committee, APC Kwara
State, Mr. Bashir Bolarinwa; Minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Former Deputy Speaker, Kwara State House of
Assembly, Mr. Dele Shittu and the former Chairman of PDP Kwara
State, Mr. Iyiola Oyedepo, at the stakeholders’ meeting of the
Congress of Kwara Progressives in Ilorin, Kwara State, on
Thursday.A cross-section of stakeholders of the
Congress of Kwara Progressives at their meeting in Ilorin, Kwara
State, on Thursday. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, has called for unity, sacrifice and commitment from
all stakeholders in order to put Kwara state on the path of good
governance and also win the state for President Muhammadu Buhari in
the 2019 elections. The Minister, who made the call at a
stakeholders’ meeting organized by the Congress of Kwara
Progressives in Ilorin on Thursday, said the time is ripe for
the people of Kwara to take back their state from plunderers. ”What
an auspicious time for all of us! Never before have we had a great
opportunity like we have now to take our state back from the
rapacious few, who have held the state by the jugular and prevented
it from meeting the hopes and aspirations of its people. ”From my
consultations with key stakeholders so far, I can say,
categorically, that Kwarans have all resolved to take their destiny
into their own hands and take back what rightly belongs to them.
This is unprecedented in the history of our state, and we must not
waste this opportunity,” he charged Alhaji Mohammed stressed the
need for unity on the part of the people, saying ”if we all remain
united, we can’t and we won’t lose the looming battle for the
survival of our dear state. All that is required is for us all to
subordinate our individual ambitions to the collective efforts to
wrest our state from the hegemony of one man and his cohorts”. He
said that, on his part, he won’t be running for any office during
the forthcoming elections, adding: ”For me, it is not about any
clamour for office. It is about working with all like minds for the
greater benefit of our people.” The Minister warned that the battle
ahead would not be easy, and that those who are opposed to change
in the state will deploy all strategies, including blackmail, to
retain their stranglehold on power ”Make no mistake about it, the
battle ahead will be tough. No one with power will ever give it up
easily. But the power of the people supersedes all powers. That’s
why I am delighted, and indeed encouraged, that the good people of
our state, whether from the North, South or Central, are all united
in their singular determination to rescue their state from the
grinding poverty, monumental misgovernance and the general state of
funk that has enveloped it,” he said. Alhaji Mohammed said it is a
mere blackmail to say he does not like the people of Ilorin, and
went ahead to enumerate his antecedents, which include actively
supporting an Ilorin indigene for governor in 2011. He assured that
under the new dispensation in the state, every Kwaran counts and
will have a voice, saying: ”The resources of Kwara will be used for
the development of the state and its people. Never again will our
people be turned to panhandlers, never again will our people be
made to eat crumbs from the master’s table. We must become the
masters of our own destiny.” Segun Adeyemi SA To Hon Minister of
Information and Culture Abuja 10 Aug. 2018
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