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.

CLAY POT     Isiaka Yusuf     Oke-Odo     Segun Olawoyin     ARMTI     Aminu Adisa Logun     Patience Jonathan     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Bola Sagaya     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Abraham Ojo     IDPU     Al-Adaby     Owode Market     Siraj Oyewale     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Baboko     Omotoso     Rapheal Ashaolu     COEASU     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Emir Of Ilorin     Student Learning Support Helpline     Haleeman Salman     Kola Adesina     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Oko-Olowo     Towoju     IHS Towers     Nurudeen Muhammed     Royal FM     Abubakar Lah     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Abioye Bello     Risikat Lawal     Asa LGEA School     Abdulkadri Ahmad Alaiye     SDP     LAK Jimoh     Hauwa Nuru     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Abubakar Ndakene     Ado Ibrahim     Computer Based Test     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Kwara NIPR     UITH     Olayinka Olaogun     TESCOM 2025     Adeleke Ogungbe     Centre For Digital Economy     Ile Arugbo     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Matthew Okedare     Ayedun     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     KWIRS     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Lateef Fagbemi     Aisha Gobir     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Yakubu Shaaba     Ike Ekweremadu     All Peoples Party     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Nagode     Lithium     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Mahfouz Adedimeji     HICA     Rotimi Oyedepo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kamaldeen Gambari     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Kayode Bankole     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Ekweremadu     Oye Tinuoye     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Sun Qing Rong     Kawu Baraje     QuickWin     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Kwara Liberation Group     Bashirat Bola Bello     Hamid Bobboyi     Ayo Adeyemi     Bilikisu Gambari     Galadiman Ngeri     Pius Abioje     Post Utme     UTME     Femtech     Sayomi     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Kunle Akogun     Fulani     Harrison Osauwagboe     Kwara Restoration Project     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Obayomi Azeez     Eleyele     ENetSuD     Gobir     Fatai Olodo     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Ilorin Metro Park     Babaita     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Yashikira     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Moshood Mustapha     Saka Saadu     Ilorin Airport     Sadiq Umar     Ajuloopin     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Shuaibu Yaman     Solomon Edojah     March 18     Ibrahim Akaje     Olatomiwa Williams     Jumoke F. Ajao     Oro Grammar School     Imam Gambari     Veterinary Teaching Hospital     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Tunji Oyawoye     Saad Omo\'ya     ASMAU PLAZA     Mujtabah Bature     George Innih     FOMWAN     Charles Ibitoye     Salman Alada     Eghe Igbinehi     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Press Release     NFAI