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.

Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Kunle Okeowo     Marufat Oladosu     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Kayode Ogunlowo     Kwara State Sports Commission     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     George Funsho Adebayo     Opobiyi     Shehu Jimoh     Amos Bajeh     Shettima Of Ilorin     Michael Nzekwe     Tafidan Kaiama     A.E. Afolabi     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Unilorin FM     Ilorin     Kolawole Bashirat     Edret Sabi Abel     Guber Aspirant     Ahmed Bayero     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Kwara 2015     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Kannike     Sardauna     Sarah Jubril     Ubandoma     Aminat Omodara     Kwarareports.com     School Of Nursing     Kwara State Internal Revenue Service     Olatinwo     Gbemi Saraki     Adesoye     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Muhammadu Gobir     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     11th Galadima     Femi Agbaje     NaAllah     Kwara United     Matthew Okedare     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Lotus Bank     Oba Abdulraheem     Kayode Oyin Zubair     ASMAU PLAZA     Aminu Adisa Logun     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Bola Tinubu     Alfa Yahaya Road     Saduki Lafiagi     Tunde Kazeem     Ope Saraki     Laduba     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     MATTA Girls Foundation     David Oyedepo     Abdulwahab Ololele     Olabanji Orilonishe     Amosa     Muazam Nayaya     Vasolar     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Mary Arinde     Jide Ashonibare     Gurei     Abdulkarim Adisa    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yunus Lawal     Kuliyan Geri     Alabe     Muhammed Akanbi     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Kwara Basketball Association     Seed Technologies     Leke Ogungbe     Elewu     Taofik Mustapha     Salary     Col. Adedipe     Maigidasanma     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Ahmad Belgore     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Manzuma     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     College Of Health     Tsado Manman     KWASIEC     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Sam Onile     PharmAccess Foundation     Abdulhakeem Amao     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     UITH     Adebayo Salami     Adijat Adebiyi     Mohammed Yisa     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Idofin     Danhawa     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Abdulwahab Oba     Folorunsho Alao     Oyelere Oyinloye     Naira Redesign     Sheikh Ariyibi     Student Learning Support Helpline     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Matthew Babaoye     Millennium Development Goals     Unilorin     Abdullahi Atanda     Emir Of Lafiagi     Maja     Ibrahim Mohammed     Kubra Kazum     Abdulwahab Ololele     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Mohammed Danjuma     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     Nigerian Army     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Jelili Yusuf     Olabanji Orilonishe     Taofeek Sanusi     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Balogin Alanamu     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Kazeem Adekanye     Olupako Of Share     Senate     Durosinlohun Kawu     Modibo Kawu     Hamid Bobboyi     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Offa Descendants Union     Boko Haram     Hamidu Olowo     Congress For National Consensus