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.

Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Danladi     Kola Adesina     Abdulraheem Olesin     Salami Adekunle     Bashir Badawi     NIPR     Oyawoye     Lanre Jimoh     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     David Oyedepo     SGBN     Bisi Kristien     Shehu Jimoh     Nigeria Computer Society     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Kola Olota     Bola Shagaya     Bamikole Omishore     Ramadhan     IYA ALFA NLA     Aremu Odolaye     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     IQRA College     Rafiu Ibrahim     Malete     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Galadiman Ngeri     Okin Biscuits     Kazeem Gbolagade     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Olawuyi     Mumeen Lah     Sadiq Buhari     Adeleke Ogungbe     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Isiaka Danmeromu     IHS     Hijab     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Yakubu Gobir     James Kolo     International Vocational Centre     Ladi Hassan     John Kehinde Salako     Daud Adeshola     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     NSCIA     Harrison Osauwagboe     Erubu     Hassan A. Saliu     CUTI     Share/Tsaragi     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     JAAC     Binta Abubakar Mora     Funmilayo Oniwa     Hamidu Olowo     Air Peace     Voices Of Tomorrow     NIRSAL     John Dara     Dagbalodo     Amasa     Pategi     Ubandoma     Share     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Pakata     Minimum Wage     Kola Bukoye     Afonja     Aso-ofi     Baakini     Ahmed Saidu Rufai    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Labour Party     Durbar Festival     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Popo-Igbonna     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Boko Haram     Aliyu Alhassan     Garba Idris Ajia     Olokoba     Abdulwaheed Musa     HYPPADEC     LABTOP     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Ibrahim Gambari     Gobir     Peculiar Allowance     Kwara Poly     Salman Alada     Oyun     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Law School Scholarship     Lawal Olohungbebe     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Undergraduate Bursary     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Haliru Dantoro     Funmilayo Oniwa     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Admiralty Villa     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Zainab Abass     Okin Biscuit     Suleman Abubakar     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Sa\'adu Gambari     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     KWSUED     Sayomi     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Wasiu Onidugbe     TESCOM 2025     CLAY POT     Mumeen Lah     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Muhammed Aliyu     Ayobami Seriki     Justina Oha     Nurudeen Mohammed     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Omotoso Musa     Tunji Oyawoye     Radio SBS     Oko-Erin     Ethical College     Police Commissioner     Surajudeen Akanbi     Kwara State Polytechnic     Bello Bature     A.O. Belgore     Rotimi Atere     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Magaji Erubu     Sodiya     Coronavirus     Idowu Laro     IDPU     Sidikat Alaya     Oluranti Idowu     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Oba Abu     Saka Onimago