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.

Salman Alada     Ajase-Ipo     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Sarakite     Ilorin     Ayo Salami     Isiaka Danmeromu     Afonja Descendants Union     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Kazeem Gbolagade     Share-Tsaragi     Baba Isale     Toyin Sanusi     NNPP     Aliyu Sabi     Yusuf A. Usman     Gaa Olobi     School Of Nursing     Democracy Day     Idowu Aremu     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Seed Technologies     College Of Health     Sa\'adu Salahu     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Rueben Parejo     Mohammed Ajia Ibrahim     Ilorin Like-Minds     Turaki Of Ilorin     Umar Sanda Yusuf     IEDPU     Gabriel Fashanu     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Apado     Bank Of Industry     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Frootify     Bashiru Makama     NIRSAL     Talaka Parapo     Jide Ashonibare     Oloje     Umar Gunu     KWSUED     Eruku     Post Utme     Ekiti     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Chikanda     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Agboola Abdulraheem     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Alfa Belgore     Sherif Shagaya     Javed Khan     Lanre Badmas     Lanre Olosunde     Jaigbade Alao     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Awoye     African Democratic Congress     Yashikira     Olaitan Buraimoh     Bolaji Aladie     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Ibrahim Bio     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Saka Abimbola Isau     Kwara State Pension Board     Kwara Poly     Nigeria Computer Society     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Eghe Igbinehi     Rashidi Yekini    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Madawaki     Ayo Adeyemi     Ebola     Gamji Members Association     Jamiu Oyawoye     Presidential Election     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Zulu Gambari     National Pilot     Aliyu Adebayo     Seed Technologies     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Ahmed \'Lateef     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Alimi Abdulrazaq     MAI Akande     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Muritala Awodun     Ubandawaki     Ijagbo     Zaratu Umar     Kwara Polytechnic     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Ajikobi     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Olatunde Michaels     John Obuh     Henry Makinwa     Balogun-Ojomu     Omoniyi Ayinla     Yusuf Arowosaye     Ajase-Ipo     Sunday Fagbemi     Kwha.gov.ng     Kwara Volleyball Association     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     New Nigeria People’s Party     Iyiola Oyedepo     Kayode Zubair     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Lithium Deposit     Saad Omo Iya     Senate President     James Ayeni     Shettima     Aro Yahaya     Najim Yaasin     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Nigerian Correctional Service     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     KW-GIS     Yahaya Seriki     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     JMK Construction Company Limited     Elewu     Kayode Laro     Yomi Ogunsola     Towoju     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Isiaka Alikinla     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Olatunji Moronfoye     Suleman Abubakar     Revenue Court     Fareedah Dankaka     Innocent Okoye     SGBN     Bola Sagaya     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Kwara State Television     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Gbugbu International Market     Code Of Conduct Tribunal