2019: Kwara North APC elders forum calls for power shift

Date: 2018-09-21

Political leaders and stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state, under the aegis of the Kwara North APC Elders Forum, have said that it is turn of the zone to produce next governor of the state based on good conscience and justice.

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin, the leader of the group, Senator Mohammed Ahmed, said that the Kwara North senatorial district had not produced governor of the state 20 years after an uninterrupted democracy of the Fourth Republic.

The people, who said that the Kwara Central senatorial district had enjoyed three terms as governor (late Mohammed Lawal 1999-2003 and Dr. Bukola Saraki 2003-2011), added that the governorship slot should shift to Kwara North at the end of two terms of the present incumbent Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed from Kwara South senatorial district in 2019.

Kwara North APC Elders also described as worrisome high number of governorship aspirants from Kwara Central senatorial district in the 2019 governorship race, saying that the development "tends to make a mockery of our collective desire for order, fairness and justice".

The people said that the area had always produced about 80 per cent of votes that brought in past governors in previous elections, adding that the gesture should be reciprocated now that it is only Kwara North that is yet to produce a governor for the state.

"A majority of our people are now asking where is our common bond, culture and history that has always been professed", Senator Ahmed said, adding that, "Our traditional rulers, elder statesmen and youth organizations across the senatorial district are all on one page with us on this project. Every patriotic Kwara North citizen is asking for justice".

The people appealed to indigenes of Kwara Central and Kwara South senatorial districts to support their course, while also urging leaders of all political parties to adopt their position by presenting governorship candidates from the Kwara North senatorial district only.

Also, a Coalition of Kwara North Groups, an umbrella body of all organizations in the zone, has resolved to back all governorship aspirants from Kwara North senatorial district from, both the APC and PDP, in their aspiration to govern the state come 2019.

A statement signed by the leader of the group, Comrade Kolo Majin, and which was made available to journalists in Ilorin on Thursday, said that the group, on behalf of the traditional rulers, elders, women and youth in the area saw the aspirants as worthy and capable of leading the state to more prosperity.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Musa Alhassan Buge     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Vasolar Consortium     Shola Odetundun     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Babaloja-General     Olatunde Jare     Agbarigidoma     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     BECE     Tunde Akanbi     Yakub Ali-Agan     Bashir Adigun     Kwara TV     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Florence Saraki     Ilorin Water Reticulation     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Smart School     James Ayeni     Obuh     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Bursary     SWAN     Pategi     Surajudeen Akanbi     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Ahman Patigi     A.O. Belgore     Abdulrasaq Alaro     UNILORIN Alumni     Madawaki     Yakubu Dogara     Opobiyi     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     Usman Rifun     Odo-Owa     Salihu S. Yaru     Emir Of Shonga     Idowu Aremu     Ahmad Lawan     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Tafida Of Kaiama     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Ilorin Durbar     Gbenga Adebayo     Zainab Abass     Paul Olawoore     Lanwa     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Solomon Edojah     UTME     Patigi Regatta     Ramadhan     Adebayo Salami     TIC     Col. Taiwo     VADA     Michael Nzwekwe     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Olabode Towoju     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Dan-Kazeem     Onikijipa     Abegunde Goke     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Yusuf A. Usman     Neo Mundo Ltd     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Segun Ogunsola     Bilikisu Gambari     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Clara Nwachukwu     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Niyi Ogundiran    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Akanbi-Oke     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Tinubu     Kale Bayero     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Kamoru Kadiri     PPS     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Jani Ibrahim     Lai Mohammed     Vasolar Consultoria     Medview Airlines     Onikijipa     PharmAccess Foundation     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Abdulfatai Baakini     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Lawyers Unite Against Corruption     Maigida     Paul Olawoore     Mahee Abdulkadir     Kale Ayo     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Tsaragi-Share     Kayode Ibrahim     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Oko     Joseph Daudu     IHS Towers     Awodun     Pakata Patriots     Funmilayo Oniwa     Arandun     Oko-Olowo     Yaman     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Gamji Members Association     Dunmade     Saad Omo\'ya     KWASAA     Funke Adedoyin     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Bio Ibrahim     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Obasanjo     Erubu     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Abubakar Usman Jos     Idofin     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Oke-Ogun     Farouk Salim     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Saliu Ajia     JAAC     Sarah Alade     Ashiru     Lateef Alagbonsi     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Lukman Adeloyin     Bamikole Omishore     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     ER-KANG Mining     Saka Saadu     Abdulraufu Mustapha     David Adesina     Arca Santa     Raji AbdulRasaq     Donatus Ejidike     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Musa Aibinu     Kayode Ogunlowo