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.

David Oyedepo     Yinka Aluko     Saadu Yusuf     Muritala Olarewaju     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Aminu Adisa Logun     Moses Afolayan     Patigi Regatta     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Tope Daramola     Lai Gobir     George Innih     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Atiku     Sarakite     Lucky Omoluwa     Omotoso Musa     Kwara State Fire Service     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Agor     National Broadcasting Commission     First Lady     Aliyu Sabi     Opobiyi     Kolawole Bashirat     Awili Pedro     Jalala     CUTI     Oniwasi Agbaye     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Twitter     Falokun-Oja     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Lola Olabayo     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Michael Ologundea     Yomi Adeboye     Yakubu Gobir     Babaloja-General     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Adaramaja     Ajasse-Ipo     TETFUND     A.E. Afolabi     Allocation     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Musa Abdullahi     Bello Oyebanji     SUBEB     Nigerian Army     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Edret Sabi Abel     Nagode     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     FERMA     Umar Danladi Shero     Kwara Volleyball Association     Vasolar Consultoria     HYPPADEC     Tosin Saraki     Tsaragi-Share     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Saliu Alamoyo     Olabanji Orilonishe     Oloje     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Idowu Aremu     Gobir     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Bola Olukoju     Abdulkadir Orire    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Issa Baba     Ibrahim Oniye     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Habeeb Saidu     Harmony Holdings     Metro Park     CELF     Suwa-Arabs     Alaaya     Bayo Lawal     Bluenile Associates     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Khairat Gwadabe     Air Peace     Baba Idris     Onilorin     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Kwha.gov.ng     Ope Saraki     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Raymond Olaitan     Muhammadu Gobir     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Adebayo Salami     Olawuyi     Akeem Olatunji     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Timothy Akangbe     Folorunsho Erubu     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Gwanara     Kazeem Adekanye     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Adaramaja     Ibraheem Adeola Katibi     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Tuesday Assayomo     Mohammed Yisa     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Musa Aibinu     Baakini     Hajj     Bankole Omisore     Kaosarah Adeyi     Saliu Alamoyo     UNIFEMGA     Saidu Yaro Musa     Suleiman Idris     James Ayeni     Yoruba     Kwara Restoration Project     Afetu Of Alabe     Abubakar B.M     T And K FOODS     Imam Gambari     Earlyon Technologies     Yomi Adeboye     Dogara     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     General Hospital     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Awodun     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Temitope Ogunbanke     Yusuf A. Usman     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Nigerian Medical Association     Kola Shittu     Charcoal     Amuda Musbau     Saka Abimbola Isau     Kwara Hotel     Abdulrazaq Magaji     FOMWAN     Aremu Bose Deborah