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.

KWSIEC     Gbemi Saraki     United Nigeria Congress Party     Metro Park     Rapheal Ashaolu     Ramadhan     Yusuf Abubakar     Gabriel Fashanu     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Borgu     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Popo-Igbonna     Isau     KW-GIS     Omar Gambari     Senate President     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     KSIRS     Bluenile Associates     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     V.O. Abioye     Mustapha Akanbi     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Temitope Ogunbanke     Riskat Opakunle     Yekeen Alabi     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Fatimat Saliu     Shehu Jimoh     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Lai Gobir     Bolakale Saka     Rasaq Jimoh     Aso Ofi     Oniwa     Computer Based Test     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Busari Alabi Alausa     Haliru Dantoro     Ilorin     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Samari     Oko Erin     Albert Ogunsola     John Dara     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Lucky Omoluwa     Igbomina     Bayo Ajia     Eghe Igbinehin     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Falokun-Oja     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Florence Saraki     Osinbajo     Mohammed Haruna     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Tunde Saad     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Oro Grammar School     Yemi Sanni     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Igosun     Oloje     Kwara Politics     Issa Baba     Park     Osi     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Women Radio     Binta Sulyman     Adijat Adebiyi     Tanke Road     Overland     Afonja Descendants Union     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Maimunat Oniyangi     Ghali Alaaya     NIPR     Shaaba Lafiagi     Yusuf Arowosaye     Irepodun     Oba Of Jebba     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     07039448763     Christopher Ayeni     Dankaka     Roseline Oni Aremu     Salihu S. Yaru     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Aminu Adisa Logun     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Voices Of Tomorrow     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Just Event Online     Hassan Saliu     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Abdullahi Atanda     IHS     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Olushola Saraki     Mumeen Lah     Offa Poly     Bayo Lawal     NTA Ilorin     Tunji Folami     Leke Ogungbe     CACOVID     Sanitation Exercise     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Ahmed     Moro     Isau     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Kayode Zubair     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Adeola Abraham     Sidikat Akaje     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Salaudeen Oyewale     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Gbenga Olawepo     Awodun     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Jide Oyinloye     Kunbi Titiloye     Elections     NIPOGA     Oyedepo     Kazeem Adekanye     Obasanjo     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Baba-Isale     Minimum Wage     Dasuki Belgore     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Olohungbebe     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen