Kwara gov kicks as critics score him low

Date: 2017-09-08

The Kwara State Governor, Abdul Ahmed, has been scored low by critics, who allege that the governor has made no impact on the lives of the people.

The critics are the Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission, Mr Moddibo Kawu; a former chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Prof. Shuaib Oba; and the convener, Kwara Development Initiative, Mr Abdulmumin Ajia.

While Kawu spoke during a lecture he delivered on 'Our community, our values and our future,' Oba and Ajia spoke in separate interviews with The Punch correspondent on Thursday on the sidelines of Ajia's empowerment programme for small and medium entrepreneurs in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

Kawu said, "Economic opportunities have been denied our people, especially since 2003. From 2003 till the end of 2015, Kwara State got about N640bn from the federation account. Yet in that period, poverty has increased in our community, open and clandestine prostitution, drug abuse and consolidation of the begging culture.

Ajia alleged that the Saraki and Ahmed administrations had not lived up to expectations.

He said, "In the past 14 years, we have witnessed two successive administrations that were ushered in with a lot of hope and they have let the people down. They will tell you that the problem is paucity of funds but I disagree. The issue is paucity of ideas because even with little you can do much if you are committed to serving the people first."

Oba said the state had been subjected to hardship by people by the leaders.

"What we have were inflicted by people who say they are professional politicians. We should in our own way rise up at the appropriate time, challenge and force them out," he said.

But Ahmed through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede, said that contrary to the allegations, Kwara State had recorded developments.

"We have remodeled the Ilorin Township Stadium into one of the best in the North Central and established an internationally-referenced vocational centre. Kwara State also has one of the most vibrant informal sectors with the injection of billions of naira into micro credit and the government has been acknowledged for upholding rule of law consistently.

"Their criticism is more political than logical, given the unexplained decision to limit their subjective analysis to the last 14 years."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Umar Yakubu Jaja     Adamu Ibrahim Sabi     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Yahaya Abdulkareem     IFK     Ganiyu Abolarin     IHS Towers     Adaramaja     Oluwole Dupe     SSA Youth Engagement     Dogara     FOMWAN     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Henry Makinwa     Kwara Polytechnic     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Amuda Bembe     CT Ayeni     Sabi     Toyin Sanusi     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Royal FM     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     AbdulRahman Saad     Maryam Nurudeen     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Ahmed Dankaya     Tunji Olawuyi     Offa Metropolitan Club     Olatunji Bamgbola     Ahmad Lawan     Zainab Abass     Kayode Ishola     SSA Youth     Adedipe     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Village Alive Development Association     Yusuf Ali     Kola Ologbondiyan     Kayode Alabi     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     KWASEIC     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Mamman Saba Jibril     Budo-Egba     Florence Saraki     Kazeem Adekanye     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     KWASSIP     Onilorin     Yoruba     NaAllah     Kisra     Yusuf A. Usman     Admiralty Villa     Okin Malt     TIIDELab     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Joseph Bamigboye     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Saadu Yusuf     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Durbar Festival     Tafidan Kaiama     Umar Ayinla Saro     Jaigbade Alao     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Rapheal Ashaolu     Funke Adedoyin     Femtech     Gurei    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Alliance For Democracy     Igosun     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Sidikat Akaje     Adekunle David Dunmade     Ojuekun Sarumi     Tosin Saraki     Kayode Laro     Abdulwahab Ololele     Lanwa     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Naira Redesign     Arandun     Ilorin East     Metro Park     Makama Of Kaiama     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Hijab     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Suleiman Idris     Mustapha Akanbi     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Tunji Oyawoye     SARS     Afonja     Arik     Hussein Olokooba     Yomi Adeboye     Split Diamond Interchange     Plat Technologies     Oloriegbe     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     KW-GIS     Farouk Salim     Alikinla     Pacify Labs     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Amos Justus Sayo     Odolaye Aremu     Alao Ayotunde     KWTV     IHS     Maryam A. Garuba     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Ahmed Alhasssan     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Oya State     Age AbdulKareem     Reuben Paraje     Anilelerin     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Kwara United     Minister     Bayo Ajia     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Bello Abubakar     Isiaka Alikinla     Jaiz Bank     Balogun Gambari     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Share     Idiagbon     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     TESCOM 2025     Amosa     Damilola Yusuf     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Kolawole Akande