In the build-up to the 2023 general elections, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), has said that his party would retain power in the state.
According to him, the “Kwaran’s cannot return to dark years of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP 20-year rule,” hence the APC is coming back in 2023, Vanguard reported.
The governor who is seeking a second term in office under the APC, said there was a total collapse of governance in the state under PDP, boasted that today no part of Kwara State was without appreciable positive imprints of the Otoge administration.
He added that significant progress has been made across sectors between 2019 and now.
Speaking with journalists in Lagos, the governor said his investments in healthcare, education, rural-urban development, water facilities, and workers’ welfare are so significant that emerging data have shown a wide gap between what he met and the situation today.
His rift with his allies, AbdulRazaq clears the air
Speaking about the disagreement within former Otoge allies, AbdulRazaq said it is essentially about issues of political ambitions and interests which he said are legitimate in a democracy.
He said:
“Whether in water, rural development, basic education or healthcare, or workers’ welfare, we have clearly delivered on our mandate and we continue to do more.”
AbdulRazaq speaks on future plans
The Governor also spoke on the future of the capital city Ilorin, which he said has been taken care of with the Ilorin City Master Plan — the second of its kind since Kwara became a state in 1967.
The Governor said:
“Most of the growth we have now is unplanned and that is why you have flooding, poor ventilation and lack of green space, among others.
“We have come up with a new one; we are also in the process of designing for the Offa-Oyun axis, Igbomina, Patigi/Edu and Baruten axis of the state.”
365 days after ‘O to Ge’ revolution in Kwara
Meanwhile, In Kwara’s 53-year history, few politicians have offered to serve the state like Governor Abdulrasaq, The Cable reported.
365 days after ‘O to Ge’ revolution in Kwara
Meanwhile, In Kwara’s 53-year history, few politicians have offered to serve the state like Governor Abdulrasaq, The Cable reported.
From contesting to be the State’s Senator to Governor, Abdulrasaq has offered to serve on many occasions on the CPC and PDP platforms, before he became a beneficiary of the marriage of strange bedfellows that formed the ‘O to Ge’ Movement that ended the Saraki political order in the State.
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