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”.
”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.
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.
A cross-section of stakeholders of the
Congress of Kwara Progressives at their meeting in Ilorin, Kwara
State, on Thursday.
”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
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”.
”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.
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.
A cross-section of stakeholders of the
Congress of Kwara Progressives at their meeting in Ilorin, Kwara
State, on Thursday.
”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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