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.

Mohammed Yisa     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Olateju Lukman     Minimum Wage     Kwara 2015     Isiaka Oniwa     Gwanara     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Sam Onile     Babaita     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     MATTA Girls Foundation     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Egbejila     Yoruba     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Issa Manzuma     Elelu     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     ARMTI     Femi Agbaje     Adesoye     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Voices Of Tomorrow     Oloriegbe     Bolakale Kawu Agaka     Wahab Isa     Kumbi Titiloye     Emir Of Shonga     Just Law Forum     Lotus Bank     Segun Olawoyin     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     COVID     Oluranti Idowu     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Nnazua     JMK Construction Company Limited     Abubakar Ndakene     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Christopher Ayeni     Lafia Aliyu Korasabi     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Saraki     Daud Adeshola     Kazeem Oladepo     Sulu Gambari     Popo-Igbonna     Aliyu Alhassan     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Labour Party     Fawenu     Bello Oyebanji     TVC Female National Debate     Bisi Kristien     Share-Tsaragi     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Lanre Olosunde     Saadu Alanamu     Wale Oladepo     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Olupako     UNIFEMGA     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Ahman Patigi     Kayode Ishola     Shuaib Jawondo     Bello Abubakar     General Hospital     Clara Nwachukwu    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Al-Ilory     Olukotun Of Ikotun     IYA ALFA NLA     Surajudeen Akanbi     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Justina Oha     Yunus Oniboki     Nigeria Computer Society     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Kwara State Governor     Baba Issa Awoye     Iliasu     College Of Education     Sheikh Alimi     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Frootify     Tunji Olawuyi     Ibrahim Bio     Omoniyi     Gbemisola Saraki     SWAN     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Iponrin     Akeem Lawal     Isiaka Danmeromu     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Bank Of Industry     20 Billion Bond     Alaro     Ekweremadu     Ramat Oganija     Ilorin Muslim Community     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Monthly Sanitation     Laboratory-to-Product     Matthew Okedare     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Iyabo Adewuyi     Arinola Lawal     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Awwal Jawondo     Offa Metropolitan Club     Olabode Towoju     CCT     Kayode Issa     Democracy Day     Oye Tinuoye     Baboko Primary School     Ilorin South Constituency     A.O. Belgore     Kale Kawu     Student Learning Support Helpline     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Kulende     Sidikat Alaya     Olosi Of Osi     Sulaiman Gado     Senate     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Umar Saro     Shuaib Jawondo     Ahmad Lawan     Pilgrims Board     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Muslim Cementary     08001000100     Owo Arugbo     Quarry Royal Valley     Amos Justus Sayo     Ebola     Oni Adebayo     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Oniwasi Agbaye     Ronke Adeyemi