Twenty-four years ago today, Bola Ahmed Tinubu would stand in Isolo, Oshodi LGA, to lead his campaign for Governor of Lagos State. Standing before over 20,000 people at the former federal capital where he once served as Senator, Tinubu reeled out his plans for the 1999 elections, the problems he wanted to solve in office, and his vision for Lagos state. “I have come to change the story,” he said. “We will develop education, health, security, and empower youths and women to make Lagos work for all.” Over the next five months, almost one million people would sign up to…
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By Ibrahim Salihu The latest revelation by a forensic audit report of SSAC and Professionals on the looting of Kwara treasury to the tune of at least N11.9bn between 2011 and 2019 is mind-boggling. However, it only strengthens what we have always known that Bukola Saraki and his handpicked successor AbdulFatah Ahmed ran some of the most corrupt governments in Nigeria and even on the continent. More disturbing in the whole of the report which the auditors also pointed out to was the N2bn cash withdrawals that were not tied to any project or official expenditure made in February 2019,…
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has challenged Nigerians in the Diaspora to go home and vote or mobilize support for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 Presidential election. Speaking at the weekend in Newark, New Jersey, United States at The Bola Ahmed Tinubu ( BAT) Summit (Awards & Dinner) organised by the Nigeria Diaspora for Asiwaju ( North America), the Governor emphasised the imperatives of working hard on the BAT Project for national growth and unity. AbdulRazaq was represented by a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress ( APC), Oloriewe Raheem Adedoyin, who delivered the Governor’s paper. “You must…
By Rafiu Ajakaye Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has long unveiled his multi-sector agenda for the people of Kwara State. He speaks to this agenda every day — and will continue to do so in town hall meetings, off-the-cuff gatherings, e-platforms, and at every opportunity he has to talk to any Kwaran on the street. The Governor will build his re-election bid on his achievements, tangible and intangible, and the plans already being implemented. With an experienced head on young shoulders, the Governor had come to office on the back of a democratic revolution, which swept away the old order.…
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has given an insight into how his administration saved tertiary institutions from collapse for lack of support, saying the previous government totally neglected the schools. A statement issued on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, said the governor revealed this during a thank you visit by the Kwara State Chairman of Joint Academic Staff Union in Tertiary Institutions, Bilikis Olasehinde. According to AbdulRazaq, the previous government totally neglected the schools; they were not paying salaries, let alone fixing the infrastructure. “They did not care about that. The first institution I visited was…
• rues zero investment in basic education • charges govt, teachers, parents to change the trend Kwara Rebuilders has condemned the leadership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State over their failure to invest in basic education in the state during stewardship, citing it as the major reason for the bad ranking of Kwara state in the 2021 West African Examination Council (WAEC) table of performance. According to a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Abdullah Abdulganiy, the group said the ranking has exposed the PDP leadership about their stewardship and investment in basic education in the last…