Why I want to be Governor of Kwara - Issa Aremu

Date: 2018-07-20

ONE of the foremost labour leaders in the country, Mr. Issa Aremu, who declared his intention to contest Kwara State governorship election in 2019 on Wednesday, has given insight into why he wants to become the next governor of the state.

Aremu said, yesterday, that he was motivated to join the governorship race because Kwara State needed "a radical change from underdevelopment, mass hunger and poverty."

He lamented that unlike first generation states such as Kano, Rivers and Lagos, which had advanced in roads, health, education, security and public welfare, Kwara State "in recent times is poorly governed.

"It is time Kwarans organise and enthrone inclusive governance for mass prosperity. It is regrettable that having a few ruling elite has denied many Kwarans of well-being." He recalled that at creation, Kwara State was the "fastest growing state with bold development plans which laid foundations for accelerated economic growth, increased productivity in agriculture, industrial development and improved the quality of life of the people through the provision of necessary infrastructure.

"But the state has been left behind. So Kwara must return to development planning. Kwara State ranks 28th on the ranking of states by states GDP, beaten to it by newest states like Imo, Edo and Oyo." Aremu, who will pursue his ambition on the platform of Labour Party, LP, made the declaration in Ilorin, Kwara State, at the Nelson Mandela centenary birthday celebration attended by politicians, thousands of trade union activists among others. His declaration was preceded by an interactive session on the "State of (Kwara) State," during which discussants were unanimous that most of the industries in the state have closed down with loss of thousands of jobs, and resolved that Kwara State needs a dynamic and accountable leadership that must be ambitious with state building.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Saad Omo\'ya     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     IsDB     Offa Poly     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Sam Okaula     Ayinde Oyepitan     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Albert Ogunsola     Third Estate     Sheriff Shagaya     NSCIA     Ibrahim Taiwo     Balikis Jawondo     Apaola     Elewu     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Tunji Ajanaku     S.O. Opowoye     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Local Government Pension Board     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     MMWG     Arinola Lawal     Femi Gbajabiamila     Hakeem Idris     REO CAKES     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Kayode Alabi     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Tsaragi-Share     JMK Construction Company Limited     Code Of Conduct Bureau     KWASIEC     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Lanwa     Bashiru Makama     Lanre Issa Onilu     New Nigeria People’s Party     Oba Of Jebba     Jaigbade Alao     Onilu     Ado Ibrahim     Hassan Oyeleke     Erubu     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Yetunde Balogun     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Donatus Ejidike     Bolaji Nagode     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Wahab Abayawo     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Babatunde Idiagbon     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Oba Abu     Quran     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Abubakar B.M     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Ronke Adeyemi     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Kunle Okeowo     Ijakadi     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Omu-aran     Atunwa     Suleiman Ajadi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ajayi Okasanmi     Suleiman Ajadi     Olatinwo     Oko     Arandun     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     UNILORIN Alumni Association     KWASAA     Plat Technologies Limited     BECE     Olusegun Adeniyi     Bibire Ajape     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Bolaji Aladie     College Of Education     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Doyin Agbamu     Chief Imam Of Offa     Communication Network Support Services     MalHub     Woro     Tunji Oyawoye     Iyeru Grammar School     Kaosarah Adeyi     Lanre Aremu     Alfa Belgore     Oba Abu     Damilola Yusuf     Magaji Erubu     Congress For National Consensus     Ghali Alaaya     Alabe     Al-Hikmah University     Shehu Jimoh     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Oloyede     Facebook     Awwal Jawondo     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Jide Ashonibare     Albert Ogunsola     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Saka Onimago     Alanamu     Sadiq Umar     David Adesina     Patigi Regatta     Babaita     Abegunde Goke     Alapansapa     Rasaq Jimoh     Oke-Kura     Isau     Dan-Kazeem     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Raimi Iyanda     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Ijagbo     Tuesday Assayomo     Jimoh Akani     Zara Umar     Aminat Omodara     Balogun-Ojomu     Monsurat Omotosho     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Saliu Tunde Bello     Salake     Fola Consultant     Suleiman Mora Omar     Pakata Development Association     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Jaigbade Alao     Bashir Badawi     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao