Ex-APC spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi declares for Kwara governorship

Date: 2018-09-13

Former national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, has declared his intention to contest 2019 governorship position in Kwara State under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Abdullahi, who made his governorship intention known in a carnival-like atmosphere in Ilorin on Wednesday, said that his administration would be pro-youth.

He said that part of his goals as governor would be to empower youth in the state for growth, competitiveness and economic transformation.

Abdullahi, hailed Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki's leadership style, noting that the leadership had empowered young people from the poor background like himself who ordinarily would not have had a shot at public office in their lifetime.

He said: "This is a journey that started in 2003 when I joined the state government. In all those years one thing that has become very clear is that Kwara state's biggest asset is our youths. And so we need to ensure that our young ones don't constitute the problem for us in the state because right now, 54 per cent of Kwarans are below the age of 0-19 years.

"We have to plan for them and that is my main agenda. I will focus mainly on youth development because if we don't solve the problem of the youths, they will one day come and solve us, so to speak. Because they are in the majority, if we don't solve their problem, one day they will wake up and descend on us.

"I interact with them regularly and I know what they want; these young people want decent education, they want to develop their skill, they want to have good jobs, to become useful citizens and not beggars. And unless we make their issue a priority this state won't survive.

"We may be spending money building roads and bridges but if we neglect them we are deceiving ourselves. I, therefore, understand that our greatest focus must be on education and health."

On criticism of the Saraki political structure, Abdullahi recalled that but for Saraki's involvement in his life, it would have been difficult for people like himself to come to limelight.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulmajeed Wahab     Pategi     Offa     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Amuda Musbau     Saba Mamman Daniel     Bello Abubakar     Olupako Of Share     Bola Shagaya     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Matthew Babaoye     Arandun     Ishaq Salman     Gani Saadu     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Ibrahim Mashood     Moshood Bakare     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Oko     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Aliyu Umar     Gurei     Eghe Igbinehi     Saka Adeyemo     KWASEIC     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Sadiq Buhari     Benin Republic     Adamu Atta     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Eruku     Pacify Labs     IHS     Adedeji Onimago     Nurudeen Mohammed     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Borgu     Danhawa     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Ahmad Ali     Olatunde Michaels     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Razaq Atunwa     Ekiti     Oni Adebayo     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Kaiama     Lateef Alagbonsi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Abatemi-Usman     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Oba Of Jebba     Laduba     David Adesina     Pakata     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Saidu Kawu     Moses Adekanye     Moses Salami     Manzuma     Bola Tinubu     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Adedipe     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Salaudeen Oyewale     Ado Bayero     Share     Saad Omo Iya     Atiku Abubakar     CACOVID     Olabanji Orilonishe     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Sanusi Abubakar    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Matthew Okedare     Isapa     GRA     Sarakite     Musbau A. Akanji     Michael Nzwekwe     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Paul Olawoore     KWSIEC     Allocation     Jimoh Bashir     Facemasks     Moshood Mustapha     Peter Obi     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Gbugbu     Elese Of Igbaja     Igosun     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Sheikh Ariyibi     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Mohammed Abduraheem     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Omoniyi     MINILS     Teachers Specific Allowance     Abdulmajeed Wahab     NYSC     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Folashade Omoniyi     Oya State     SARS     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Olayinka Olaogun     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Radio SBS     Mohammed Halidu     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Saraki     2017 Budget     Oke-Oyi     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Kwara Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Bank Of Industry     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Tosin Saraki     Ilorin Durbar     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Salihu S. Yaru     Elesie Of Esie     Naira Redesign     Air Peace     Umar Saro     Usman Yunusa     Oniwasi Agbaye     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Abraham Ojo     KWASSIP     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Gbenga Adebayo     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Ilesha-Gwanara     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     A.O. Belgore     Musa Aibinu     Tafidan Kaiama     Kayode Issa     Just Law Forum