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.

All Peoples Party     Kabir Shagaya     Overland     Royal FM     Abdulmajeed Wahab     RTEAN     Bello Abubakar     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Mamman Saba Jibril     Jimoh Akani     Kwara Polytechnic     Ilesha-Baruba     Hauwa Nuru     Ahmed Dankaya     Omar Gambari     Emir Of Shonga     Amada Jidda     Olatunji Bamgbola     John Kehinde Salako     National Party Of Nigeria     Mohammed Lawal     KWTV     Idris Garuba     Shehu Salau     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Galadima     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Okanlawon Musa     Unilorin     Niyi Osundare     Ilorin International Airport     Lateef Fagbemi     Oluranti Idowu     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Kunle Suleiman     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Peter Amogbonjaye     Okanlawon Taiwo     CKNG     Kulende-UITH     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Bilikis Oladimeji     Ilesha-Gwanara     Sherif Shagaya     A.O. Belgore     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Taofeek Ibraheem     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Coronavirus     ASMAU PLAZA     Zaratu Umar     Iliasu     Olomu     Idofin     Chief Of Staff     Salman Alada     Rotimi Atere     Okin Group     Ghali Muhammed     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Kanu Agabi     Oloje     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Egbewole     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     GANZY     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Lithium     Labaeka     SWAN    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Pakata Patriots     Plat Technologies Limited     Ahmad Belgore     Trader Moni     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Babata     Lucky Omoluwa     Ayinke Saka     Ajase-Ipo     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Pakata Development Association     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Al-Hikmah University     Naira Redesign     Imam Gambari     Kwara Pdp     Facemasks     Millennium Development Goals     Omotosho     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Doyin Agbamu     Shero     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Emir Of Shonga     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Tosho Yaqub     Bilikis Oladimeji     Ibrahim Taiwo     Unicontinental Construction Company     Simeon Ajibola     Kaosarah Adeyi     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Olokoba     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Alikinla     Nigeria Computer Society     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Oni Adebayo     Ahman Pategi University     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Sai Kayi     Abegunde Goke     Ganiyu Taofiq     Leke Ogungbe     Javed Khan     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Ijakadi     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Code Of Conduct     Ganiyu Abolarin     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Elections     MMWG     Olatinwo     Gbemi Saraki     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Moremi High School     CCB     Hakeem Lawal     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Okiki     Alore     Clara Nwachukwu     General Hospital     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     KWASIEC     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Orire     FERMA     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Awoye     Ajia-Bako