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.

Afolayan     Ijagbo Health Centre     UNIFEMGA     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Samuel Adedoyin     3MTT     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Basit Olatunji     Stephen Fasakin     Nupe     Ilorin West     Bello Oyebanji     Ethical College     Amuda Musbau     Hamid Bobboyi     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Vasolar Consortium     Ajayi Okasanmi     Jimoh Bashir     Olabode George Towoju     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Shaaba Lafiagi     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Iqra Books     KWAFFA     07039448763     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Mohammed Yisa     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Park     Sola Saraki University     Folorunsho Erubu     Eleja     Saliu Ajia     Ajike People Support Centre     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Mustapha Akanbi     Christopher Odetunde     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Ronke Adeyemi     Shade Omoniyi     Suleiman Ajadi     JMK Construction Company Limited     Onikijipa     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Micheal Imoudu     Ajikobi     Ahmed Bayero     Summit University     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Umar Saro     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     LABTOP     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     General Hospital, Ilorin     Rotimi Atere     Harmony Holdings     Coronavirus     20 Billion Bond     COEASU     James Kolo     Haliru Dantoro     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Oyedepo     Hakeem Idris     Rasaq Jimoh     VADA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Folajimi Aleshinloye     Olabode George Towoju     National Information Technology Development Agency     Musbau A. Akanji     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Muhammadu Buhari     Yahaya Dumoye     Adekunle David Dunmade     Yunus Oniboki     Okasanmi Ajayi     Arinola Lawal     Marufat Oladosu     NaAllah     Garment Factory     Bola Tinubu     Opobiyi     Curfew     TVC Female National Debate     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Bisi Oyeleke     Oyelere Oyinloye     TESCOM 2025     Abubakar Aliagan     Tafidan Kaiama     CLAY POT     Olatunji Ayeni     Aminat Omodara     Laduba     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Okala Baba     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Lai Mohammed     SDP     Okiki     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Ali Ahmad     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Government House     Mutawalle     Dele Momodu     Sadiq Buhari     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Wole Oke     20 Billion Bond     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Ado Bayero     Kwara United     Oro Grammar School     Damilola Yusuf     Muhammed Danjuma     Hajj     Yahya Mohammed     Kwara Politics     Inside Kwara     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Yoruba     Sun Qing Rong     Aminat Ahmed     Shonga Farm Project     Alanamu     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Grillo     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     FOMWAN     Amusement Park     Owu Fall     Share-Tsaragi     Taofeeq Olateju     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Bashir Badawi