Group Faults Kwara Governor On Revocation of Saraki's Land in Ilorin

Date: 2019-12-30

A non-governmental organisation, Kwara Legacy Network, has faulted the acquisition of the property of the late former Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, by Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq.

The group said such action portended a serious danger to the peaceful co-existence of Ilorin community and the entire state.

The said property was located opposite the country home of late Saraki at Ilofa GRA in Ilorin and used by the Saraki dynasty to hold political meetings with his associates and old women during any elections.

The governor, in a statement in Ilorin over the weekend by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Rafiu Ajakaye, disclosed the late Saraki land's revocation, saying the land was originally meant for Government Secretariat and parking space of the civil service clinic, but was unlawfully allocated to a private firm, Asa Investments Limited, believed to be firm of late Saraki without any record of payment to the state government.

No certificate of occupancy was ever issued in favour of the firm, the statement added.

The statement, however, said the government has now made provisions for the secretariat in the 2020 budget, although its construction would spill over to 2021. The scion of Saraki family, immediate past senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, had also faulted the move, accusing the governor of crossing the line of decency with his efforts to erase the legacies of his late father.

However, Kwara Legacy Network, in a statement in Ilorin yesterday by its Kwara State Coordinator, Malam Isola Bello, said the present administration should avoid anything that could create tension in the state.

"The essence of governance is to see how to make life bearable for the governed and not to indulge in any actions that would set the people against each other," the group said.

The group added that the expectations of the people that elected the present administration into office were enormous and not to be creating an issue that would not bring peace and development to the society.

Bello said: "The administration should have looked elsewhere if it will construct a new state secretariat rather than acquiring the late Saraki's land at this time.

"There is no doubt that late Saraki had contributed his quota towards the development and growth of Ilorin and Kwara State in general. The administration ought to have looked elsewhere in Ilorin to build its new state secretariat. Looking into the circumstances that led to the acquisition of late Saraki's land at Ilofa GRA in Ilorin is not good for healthy political development; rather it would create tension among the residents of Ilorin community and the entire state in general."

The group, however, urged the governor to have a re-think on his action so as to move the state forward.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Egbewole     Musa Aibinu     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Salman Jawondo     Ajasse-Ipo     Atiku Abubakar     Olam Food Ingredients     Wahab Isa     Gabriel Fashanu     Amos Sayo     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Budo Egba     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Ilesha-Baruba     Haleeman Salman     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Peter Obi     KWIRS     KWASIEC     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Old Oyo     Kwarareports     Kaosarah Adeyi     Bashiru Makama     ENetSuD     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Ajibola Ademola Julius     PharmAccess Foundation     Olaosebikan     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Saba Jibril     Mutawali     Ilorin General Hospital     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Bola Shagaya     Raji AbdulRasaq     Folashade Omoniyi     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Moshood Mustapha     Binta Abubakar Mora     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     George Innih     LEAH Charity Foundation     Mary Arinde     Arandun     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Tunde Oyawoye     Omoniyi     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Alliance For Democracy     Olokoba     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Lithium Deposit     Abubakar B.M     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Kayode Yusuf     Tsaragi/Share     Saka Keji     Kulende     Third Estate     Mohammed Halidu     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Aliyu Umar     Lanre Aremu     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Saliu Tunde Bello     Oba Abu     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Niyi Osundare    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Young Progressives Party     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ramat Oganija     Convocation Ceremonies     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Sam Okaula     Baboko Primary School     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Deji Ajani     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Council Of The Wise     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Principal Private Secretary     Isiaka Alikinla     Oke-Kura     Bureau Of Lands     Presidential Election     Kaiama     Atiku     Saba Jibril     Olokoba Sulyman     Awwal Jawondo     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Lukman Adeloyin     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Olabimpe Olani     TETFUND     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Ilorin Metro Park     Ayobami Seriki     Kola Ologbondiyan     Jamiu Oyawoye     Akanbi-Oke     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Lawal Jimoh     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     Ojuekun Sarumi     Onilu     Madawaki     Muslim Cementary     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Gobir     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Jebba     Kayode Issa     Kwara State Governor     Makama     Samari     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Abraysports FC     Adijat Adebiyi     Olam Food Ingredients     Sabi     Olatunji Abdulmumeen     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Gani Saadu     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Funmilayo Zubair     Olupako Of Share     Sunday Popo-Ola     Lanre Olosunde     ITEM 7     Yoonus Lawal     Suleman Abubakar     Kwara Liberation Group     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     AbdulRauf Keji     Hijab     Saka Adeyemo     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Okasanmi Ajayi     Maigida Soludero Transit     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Segun Olawoyin