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.

Lateef Alagbonsi     KFA     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Oluwole Dupe     Bello Oyebanji     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Firdaos Amasa     Mohammed Halidu     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Sobi Hill     Local Government Pension Board     Durbar Festival     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Ariyo     Aminat Ahmed     Olatunji Moronfoye     AGM Professional Services     Monthly Sanitation     Metro Park     Ike Ekweremadu     ANCOPPS     Marufat Oladosu     Amusa Bello     CELF     Saad Belgore     Tafidan Kaiama     Isaac Gbenle     Valsolar Consultoria     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Jalala     Olabanji Orilonishe     Admiralty Villa     Babaloja-General     Omupo     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Ajase-Ipo     Moses Rahman Popoola     Rasheed Jimoh     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Oyedepo     Kwara North     Ramat Oganija     Guber Aspirant     Adegoke Bamidele     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Oyin-Zubair     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Oniye     KWTV     Baboko Primary School     Okanlawon Taiwo     Lola Olabayo     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Bilikis Oladimeji     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     JSSCE     Bolaji Aladie     Sulyman Tejidini     ITP     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Ifelodun     Salary     Fatai Garuba Labaka     NAWOJ     Paul Odama     Yekini Adio     Kola Adesina     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Olabode Towoju     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Risikat Lawal     Jumoke F. Ajao     Doyin Awoyale    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Idofin     Sheikh Alimi     Issa Baba     Radio Kwara     KwaraLearn     Garba Dogo     Osinbajo     Plat Technologies     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     ASKOMP     Garba Ado Sanni     Kolade Solagberu     Memunat Monsuma     Usman Rifun     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Abubakar Aliagan     KSIRS     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Ayinde Oki     Ayedun     Yomi Adeboye     Idris Garuba     Offa Grammer School     Afetu Of Alabe     Sabo-Oke     Hassan Saliu     Modupe Oluwole     Jare Olatundun     Patigi Regatta     JAAC     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Toyin Sanusi     Lateef Fagbemi     Seun Bolaji     Alfa Yahaya Road     CKNG     Hassanat Bello     Bluenile Associates     Yakubu Danladi     Lanre Issa Onilu     Maryam Ado Bayero     Grillo     Musa Aibinu     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Olusola Saraki     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Olofa Of Offa     Ilorin South Constituency     Chief Of Staff     Wasiu Odewale     NAWOJ     Adesoye     Lafiagi     Tunji Oyawoye     Wahab Isa     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Bature Bello     Universal Basic Education Commission     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Elerin Of Adanla     Tafidan Kaiama     Funmilayo Braithwaite     GRA     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Mohammed Saidu     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Ramat Oganija     Rebecca Bake     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Agbarigidoma     Henry Olaosebikan     Code Of Conduct     Kunbi Titiloye     Economic And Financial Crimes Commission