Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed said yesterday the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lacked the wherewithal to take the state to the Promised Land.

The governor said the PDP posed no threat to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, adding that the opposition lacked the experience, capacity and calibre of people to elevate Kwara and its people to greater heights.

Ahmed addressed reporters in Ilorin, the state capital, after receiving his certificate of eligibility as the APC governorship candidate in next year’s election from the party’s Northcentral Screening Committee Chairman, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola.

The governor assured the people that the tempo of governance would be enhanced when he is elected for a second term.

He said: “We want to give assurances that we will be carrying out activities that will be premised on continuity of ongoing projects, especially in infrastructure and on the strength of that we will build new ones.”

Ahmed promised to increase his administration’s youth development agenda, especially in employment generation and entrepreneurial development.