Kwara gov kicks as critics score him low

Date: 2017-09-08

The Kwara State Governor, Abdul Ahmed, has been scored low by critics, who allege that the governor has made no impact on the lives of the people.

The critics are the Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission, Mr Moddibo Kawu; a former chairman of the Federal Character Commission, Prof. Shuaib Oba; and the convener, Kwara Development Initiative, Mr Abdulmumin Ajia.

While Kawu spoke during a lecture he delivered on 'Our community, our values and our future,' Oba and Ajia spoke in separate interviews with The Punch correspondent on Thursday on the sidelines of Ajia's empowerment programme for small and medium entrepreneurs in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.

Kawu said, "Economic opportunities have been denied our people, especially since 2003. From 2003 till the end of 2015, Kwara State got about N640bn from the federation account. Yet in that period, poverty has increased in our community, open and clandestine prostitution, drug abuse and consolidation of the begging culture.

Ajia alleged that the Saraki and Ahmed administrations had not lived up to expectations.

He said, "In the past 14 years, we have witnessed two successive administrations that were ushered in with a lot of hope and they have let the people down. They will tell you that the problem is paucity of funds but I disagree. The issue is paucity of ideas because even with little you can do much if you are committed to serving the people first."

Oba said the state had been subjected to hardship by people by the leaders.

"What we have were inflicted by people who say they are professional politicians. We should in our own way rise up at the appropriate time, challenge and force them out," he said.

But Ahmed through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede, said that contrary to the allegations, Kwara State had recorded developments.

"We have remodeled the Ilorin Township Stadium into one of the best in the North Central and established an internationally-referenced vocational centre. Kwara State also has one of the most vibrant informal sectors with the injection of billions of naira into micro credit and the government has been acknowledged for upholding rule of law consistently.

"Their criticism is more political than logical, given the unexplained decision to limit their subjective analysis to the last 14 years."

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

National Information Technology Development Agency     Medview Airlines     Mohammed Lawal     Kunle Akogun     CACOVID     Galadiman Ngeri     Jaigbade Alao     Salihu S. Yaru     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Aisha Gobir     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Basit Olatunji     Jani Ibrahim     Folashade Omoniyi     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Kwara United     Ilorin Muslim Community     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     New Nigeria People’s Party     NITDA     Saad Omo\'ya     Kwarareports.com     Mazars Consulting     Yetunde Balogun     Halidu Danbaba     Haliru Yahaya     Saka Isau     Undergraduate Bursary     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Madawaki     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Simeon Sayomi     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Share     Muhammed Aliyu     Aro Yahaya     Pacify Labs     FERMA     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Yunus Oniboki     Javed Khan     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Sai Kayi     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Sulyman Buhari     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Grillo     Kayode Laro     Ademola Kiyesola     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Police Commissioner     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Solomon Edoja     Asa LGEA School     Harmony Holdings     Shuaibu Yaman     Labaeka     Omupo     Abiodun Oyedepo     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Amusement Park     Hijaab     Saidu Isa     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Ajuloopin     Just Law Forum     Amasa     General Hospital, Offa     Oyun     UITH     Olaoye B. Felix     Kannike     ER-KANG Mining     Neo Mundo Ltd     Amos Bajeh     Jide Ashonibare    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kwara South     Senate     Ilofa     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Kayode Zubair     JMK Construction Company Limited     Ayo Salami     Aminu Ado Bayero     Awodun     Kulende-UITH     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Hauwa Nuru     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Alabe     Okin Malt     United Nigeria Congress Party     Ramat Oganija     Dumagi     Talaka Parapo     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Mashood Dauda     KWASIEC     Oba Of Jebba     Buari Edun     Elesie Of Esie     Kayode Yusuf     Oniwa     Gbemi Saraki     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Olabanji Orilonishe     Amada Jidda     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     GAMA     Balogun Ajikobi     Kawu     Mohammed Abdulahi     Joseph Daudu     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Third Estate     Yaru     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Principal Private Secretary     Modibbo Kawu     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Rasaq Jimoh     Onilu     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Nnazua     Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Abegunde Goke     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     EFCC     Issa Manzuma     James Ayeni     Abdulkadir Orire     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Balogun Gambari     Adanla-Irese     Reuben Paraje     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Adesoye     Abdullahi Samari     Rebecca Olanrewaju     Risikat Lawal     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Memunat Monsuma     Kwara State Governor     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Offa Grammer School     Salman Alada     Kishira     Rafiu Ajakaye     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Prince Bola Ajibola