APC governorship aspirant pledges to replicate FG's Agric initiative in Kwara

Date: 2018-09-21

A governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara, Malam Yakub Gobir, has promised to replicate the Agricultural Initiative of the Federal Government in the state, if elected.

Gobir made the pledge in an interview on Thursday in Ilorin.

He said he would embark on agricultural revolution to curb poverty among the residents of the state.

"I will take two most important aspects I believe we need to deal with. The first one is the issue of poverty and hunger among the people of Ilorin and Kwara.

"I will declare a total war against poverty in the state.

"Kwara is blessed with a lot of land for agriculture. We can grow cash crop that can be exported.

"Kwara as it is now is the 15th largest exporter of Soya beans all over the world that can actually be increased; we can improve on that," he said.

He said that modern agricultural technology would be employed for the commercial agricultural initiative

The governorship hopeful also pledged to focus on youth empowerment to address thuggery and hooliganism among the young ones.

He regretted that 51 years after creation, Kwara had yet to meet the aspirations and dreams of the founding fathers, and promised to take the state to the next level.

According to him, a lot of jobs will be provided for the youth through a proper enumeration and bring out the talents in them.

On mode of choosing the candidate of the party, Gobir, who is also Wazirin Hausa, said he would accept whatever the decision of the party would be.

He said he was happy with the calibre of people that had come out in the party, saying it was happening for the first time in the history of the state.

The aspirant said that he believed it was him that God would use to liberate the people of Kwara.

He urged other aspirants to work with whoever emerged as the flag bearer of the APC in the interest of the party.

Gobir, a pharmacist, also urged the people of the state to be calm and vote to change what he described as retrogressive government in the state. (NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Hakeem Lawal     Lotus Bank     Innocent Okoye     Plat Technologies     Yemi Sanni     Sarah Alade     Tanke Road     Esinrogunjo     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Shuaib Jawondo     Kwara Restoration Project     Sarkin Malamai     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Facebook     Kwara Polytechnic     Wahab Isa     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Sa\'adu Salahu     Shero     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Laduba     Facemasks     Kaiama     GGDSS Pakata     United Nigeria Airline     General Hospital, Ilorin     Akeem Lawal     Dele Belgore     Omu-aran     Sheikh Ariyibi     Labour Party     Share-Tsaragi     Okala Baba     Abegunde Goke     Kazeem Adekanye     Saadu Yusuf     Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi     Oya State     Ilorin West     Oniwasi Agbaye     Vasolar Consortium     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Ogbondoroko     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Tunji Olawuyi     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     John Olajide Adedipe     Mohammed Yisa     Hassanat Bello     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Yoruba     Aminat Omodara     Musibau Akanji     Moji Makanjuola     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Ebola     Saidu Yaro Musa     Sanitation Exercise     IDPU     Kayode Ibrahim     Mohammed Haruna     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Barakat Community Secondary School     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Dele Momodu     Ubandoma     Bello Bature     Olabode George Towoju     Fareedah Dankaka     Abraysports FC     Kulende-UITH     Fola Consultant     Ilorin Durbar    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Omoniyi Ayinla     Isin     Third Estate     Obuh     Kwara State Government     Florence Saraki     Kayode Ogunlowo     KWASAA     Saad Omo Iya     Isiaka Gold     Femi Oladiji     Iliasu     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Pakata Patriots     Yakub Ali-Agan     Henry Olaosebikan     Post Utme     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Kale Kawu     V.O. Abioye     Ajayi Okasanmi     Haleeman Salman     Apata Ajele Secondary School     MAI Akande     Amina El-Imam     Jalala     Kwara 2015     Alagbado     Modibo Kawu     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Jaigbade Alao     Jide Ashonibare     KWATMA     Jide Oyinloye     Tsado Manman     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Afeyin-Olukuta     Kwara Politics     Mohammed Abdulahi     Lateef Alagbonsi     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Forgo Battery     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Oke-Ero     Kwara North     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     GANZY     Jare Olatundun     Gobir Organization Foundation     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Ahman Patigi     Mazars Consulting     School Of Nursing     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     New Model Police Station     Omotoso Musa     Aso Ofi     Kola Bukoye     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Islamic Development Bank     Doyin Awoyale     Smart School     Busari Alabi Alausa     IESA     Logun     JSSCE     Lucky Omoluwa     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Mubarak Oladosu