Date: 2018-08-24

An entrepreneur, Alhaji Yakubu Gobir has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of the Kwara State Traditional Council, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari on the successful hosting of the Grand Durbar ceremony.

Alhaji Gobir who is the Waziri'n Kasar Hausawa made the congratulatory message in a statement he personally issued to journalists in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

According to him, the large turnout of sons and daughters of the Ilorin Emirate as well as invited guests from across the country and beyond to the grand durbar symbolized the love and acceptability of the Emir to the generality of the people and called for the sustainability of the cultural festival.

Alhaji Gobir who rejoiced with the baloguns , and all traditional title holders in the Emirate on the successful celebration of the Durbar also praised the main organising committee of the festival under the leadership of Engineer Sulyman Yahaya Alapansanpa and security operatives for putting in place a befitting event .

The entrepreneur therefore charged residents of the Ilorin Emirates, and all the people of Kwara State to remain peaceful and committed to the task of building a new Kwara of ours stressing that the festival has further exposed the culture and the potentialities in the Emirate.

He added that the festival has also proved that people of the Ilorin Emirate can come together and relate as a one big family in respective of their political differences and jointly develop the ancient city.

Alhaji Gobir also urged the people to be security conscious and participate actively in the forthcoming general polls to elect credible leaders into government.