AbdulRazaq urges support for reforms, paradigm shift in Kwara

Date: 2019-08-14

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State, yesterday rallied the people behind his agenda for reforms and paradigm shift in governance, calling the 2019 election a referendum that saw people choose development and prudence over waste and underdevelopment.

Speaking at the 2nd Annual Grand Durbar ceremony organised by the Ilorin Emirate Council, AbdulRazaq said the people's resolve for a new dawn meant a need to eschew actions or inactions that had made development and growth difficult in the past. The Governor also commended the Emir of Ilorin, Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, and the Ilorin Emirate Council for the historical-cultural event.

Represented by his deputy Mr Kayode Alabi at the event, he said "We must embrace reforms which are often tough at the beginning. We must make tough choices in our decision to move our state forward. I have made my personal decision along this line. I will not use public funds to enjoy or gratify myself at the expense of the people. Public resources will only be applied strictly to public projects and overheads approved and budgeted for. We will not entertain excesses of any sort. With people's interest as the guiding principle, we will do things differently and purposefully to get more impactful results." "I appeal to this distinguished gathering of our people to unite behind this agenda for the progress of our community and generations yet unborn. Anything short of this will keep us moving in a circle and that would defeat the purpose of our people standing in the sun to vote the way they did."

AbdulRazaq reiterated his resolve to institutionalise the various cultural activities in the state to boost tourism and economic growth, including the Durbar which he called the heritage of Ilorin people and a testament to the bravery and valour of their forebears especially the royal lineage of Sheikh Alimi.

The Governor said prudent management of resources was necessary to drive growth, saying "Let me clarify this too. Kwara is immensely blessed with abundant natural and human resources, as the quality of attendance at this Durbar shows. Kwara is however not so rich in monetary terms. "But that was not the reason for the slow development. The problem was that the little resources Kwara had before, was not going into building sustainable future. This is what we need to change, this is what we are changing, and that requires the support of all of you."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mary Kemi Adeosun     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Makama Of Kaiama     Donatus Ejidike     Samari     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     ASKOMP     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Ronke Adeyemi     Kamaldeen Gambari     Oba Abdulrahim     Tunde Saad     Afusat Nike Ibrahim     Muhammed Danjuma     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Wasiu Onidugbe     Joseph Offorjama     JSSCE     Surajudeen Akanbi     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Aro Yahaya     John Kehinde Salako     Kolawole Bashirat     NIRSAL     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Nigerian Army     Lanre Issa-Onilu     International Aviation College     Frootify     Yakub Ali-Agan     David Oyedepo     Iyeru Grammar School     Olatunde Jare     Seun Bolaji     Moro     Moremi High School     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Temi Kolawole     Ojo Isekuse     Kwara Pdp     Sulu Gambari     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Salaudeen Oyewale     Wahab Agbaje     Gbugbu International Market     Kuliyan Geri     Communication Network Support Services     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Inside Kwara     Abraham Ojo     Kawu Baraje     The Herald     Folorunsho Alao     Kazeem Gbolagade     Kola Adesina     Yaman     Abatemi-Usman     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Owu Fall     Magaji Are     Radio Kwara     Yakubu Gobir     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Sarakite     Dele Belgore     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Tunji Ajanaku     Michael Ologundea     Bursary     Aliyu Salihu     KWSUED     Senate     Adisa Logun     Saeedat Aliyu     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Senate Presidency     Tunji Olawuyi     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Face Masks     Vasolar Consultoria     Funke Adedoyin     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Amule     MATTA Girls Foundation     Mamman Saba Jibril     Bamikole Omishore     Rex Olawoye     Obuh     T And K FOODS     Aremu Odolaye     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Tafida     Abdullahi Atanda     Sunday Fagbemi     Segun Abifarin     Amada Jidda     Olaosebikan     Niyi Ogundiran     Saadu Alanamu     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Ilorin Emirate     AbdulHamid Adi     Aliyu Alhassan     Ayegbeni     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Local Government Pension Board     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Amusement Park     Aremu Bose Deborah     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Boko Haram     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Wahab Femi Agbaje     IYA ALFA NLA     Gbugbu     Ishola Balogun Fulani     ASKOMP     Babajide Ajayi     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     General Hospital, Offa     Dan Masanin     Fareedah Dankaka     Sheikh Ariyibi     Kaosarah Adeyi     V.O. Abioye     ASUU     Bilikisu Gambari     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Sulyman Tejidini     Iliasu     Fatimah Abdulkadir     IHS Towers     Abdulraheem Olesin     Quran     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Samuel Adaramola     Nurudeen Mohammed     Jaiz Bank     Ajayi Okasanmi     Ilorin West     Saidu Yaro Musa     HICA     Moronfoye     Maryam Ado Bayero     Tope Daramola