APC must address pervasive hunger, says social entrepreneur

Date: 2017-11-20

A renowned Social Entrepreneur, Alhaji Yakubu Layi Gobir, has decried the level of hunger ravaging the country as a whole and Kwara State in particular, warning that the situation must not be allowed to continue.

Alhaji Gobir said available reports had shown that majority of Nigerians are feeling the adverse effects of hunger in their various households and urgent measures must be taken by the All Progressives Congress (APC) led Federal and State Government to cushion the effects on the masses.

He spoke to Journalists at the weekend shortly after he participated in the just concluded local government election in his Gambari Ward of Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State.

Alhaji Gobir, a frontline pharmacist, described what he called "pervasive hunger" as a threat to national security while government cannot afford to close its eyes in line with change mantra and catalogue of promises it made to the people during the 2015 electioneering processes.

"I think it is high time our government led by the APC listens to the people and takes urgent action to address starvation in the land. People are really hungry, and as the saying goes "a hungry man is an angry man".

Speaking on local government administration, the social entrepreneur appealed to the Federal Government to reconsider direct payment of monthly allocation to the third of tier of government from the federation coffers, saying the current mode of paying them through the joint account with the state should be reviewed.

He said local government areas remain the closest to the grass root, while efforts should be made to ensure their viability like it was in the past.

On the just concluded local government election in Kwara State, Gobir lauded the turnout of voters for the exercise but called for introduction of card readers into the process in subsequent elections with a view to making it more credible and acceptable to the electorate.

"One thing that I think we should fix ahead of the next election is the use of card readers. The fact that we were not able to use card readers in this election, I think it's a serious constraint.

It is something that should be addressed ahead of the next election. The 2015 election that brought in the current administration was on account of new technologies introduced into > the electoral processes.

"If we go back to the way elections were held in the past , I foresee a situation where we would begin to regress. So, I think the electoral umpire needs to make sure the electoral process is seen as transparent and credible", Gobir said.

On the just concluded Local Government elections, Gobir asked the electorate to accept the results in good faith and eschew violent protests.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

PharmAccess Foundation     Goodluck Jonathan     Gbugbu International Market     Mahee Abdulkadir     Kulende     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Agbarere     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Allocation     Magaji Erubu     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Danladi     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Ohoro Of Shao     Oba Abdulraheem     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Tunji Olawuyi     Ilorin Emirate     Lanre Badmus     Emir Of Lafiagi     Olofa Of Offa     Yusuf Abubakar     David Oyedepo     Okin Malt     Ayo Opadokun     Oro Grammar School     Abikan     Adegoke Bamidele     Siraj Oyewale     T And K FOODS     QuickWin     Alabere     Ubandoma     Segun Adeniyi     Ajeigbe     Kwara     Bamidele Adegoke     Sheriff Shagaya     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Olatomiwa Williams     ENetSuD     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Gbenga Awoyale     Aliyu Muyideen     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Adeleke Ogungbe     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Mohammed Yisa     Oko-Erin     Nigerian Medical Association     Otoge     Bello Oyebanji     Amusement Park     UTME     Oju Ekun Sarumi     NIPR     Mohammed Abdulahi     Akeem Olatunji     Shuaib Jawondo     Adedeji Onimago     Samuel Adedoyin     Ndama Al-hassan     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Javed Khan     Olupako Of Share     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     REO CAKES     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Monthly Sanitation     Kisra    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Omotoso     Olawuyi     Baboko     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Yunus Lawal     Ademola Kiyesola     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Valsolar Consultoria     Tafidan Kaiama     Sun Qing Rong     Abubakar Baba     Smart School     Abraysports FC     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     ASMAU PLAZA     Kamoru Kadiri     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Oladimeji Thompson     Ndakene     Charcoal     Ohoro Of Shao     Oye Tinuoye     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Offorjama     Baba Issa     Bisi Kristien     Gurei     Ahmad Belgore     CACOVID     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Amusa Bello     Salaudeen Oyewale     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Ibrahim Jawondo     New Model Police Station     Moshood Bakare     Durosinlohun Kawu     Kawu     TVC Female National Debate     Police Commissioner     Halidu Danbaba     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Adamu Attah     Oya State     Village Alive Development Association     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Samuel Adedoyin     Sadiq Umar     Ishaq Abdulkarim     LEAH Charity Foundation     MAI Akande     Umar Ayinla Saro     Abdulhakeem Amao     Javed Khan     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Jani Ibrahim     HICA     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Oniwasi Agbaye     Quareeb Islamic Association     Lawal Jimoh     Asa     Oyelere Oyinloye     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     MalHub     Kwara Polytechnic     Kunle Akogun     Ejidongari     Bareke     Musa Yeketi     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Bilikisu Gambari     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Okeose Christian Cementary