Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Saturday said Kwara will deliver overwhelming votes for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to become the next President of Nigeria.
The Governor based his confidence on the record of Tinubu’s excellent performance while serving as Governor of Lagos State and the many impacts across the states.
Stated that the APC government is better off and can market Asiwaju and other contestants of the party, including himself.
The Governor spoke in Ilorin, the State Capital, at the commissioning of the State chapter of the North Central Agenda for Asiwaju (NCAA) and South West Agenda for Asiwaju (SWAGA).
Both NCAA and SWAGA, among other support groups, are strong canvassers for realisation of Asiwaju’s political ambition. The campaign office for the 2-in-1 body is situated along Fate road in Ilorin, the State capital.
AbdulRazaq, who was represented at the event by State Commissioner for Health, Dr Raji Rasaq, said Kwara is one of the few States that delivered overwhelming majority votes for President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 election, saying the people are still determined to replicate the same for Tinubu come 2023.
He enjoined the party followers in the State to remain steadfast, focused and free from financial inducement, asking them to work hard for the success of the party across the board.
The event was well attended by party chieftains and stalwarts from within and outside the State, including the National Chairman, SWAGA and NCAA, Senator Dayo Adeyeye; State APC Chairman Prince Sunday Fagbemi; and the Secretary Alhaji Mustapha Isowo; Chairmen SWAGA/NCAA for Kwara, Oyo and Ondo States, Hon. Olabanji Oyeyemi, Hon Ayo Omidiran and Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde; National Secretary SWAGA Hon. Bosun Oladele; Alhaji Bamidele Aluko; Engr. Lanre Giwa; and other prominent members of the APC from across the Country.
National Chairman, SWAGA and NCAA, Senator Dayo Adeyeye, in his remarks, said he is certain that Kwara will deliver for Tinubu, judging from how the State government and its people have been showing love and support for the Presidential candidate.
While promising that Kwara will be at the forefront of development under Asiwaju’s government, Adeyeye described Asiwaju Tinubu as a marketable product that will rely on his good antecedents.
State Chairman for APC, Prince Sunday Fagbemi, said Governor AbdulRazaq’s performance is outstanding and remains a campaign message for all party candidates, asking party faithful to shun violence and make the campaigns issue-based.
He appreciated the State Chairman for SWAGA and NCAA, Hon Olabanji Olayemi, and his team for working excellently to realise the campaign office.
Hon. Olabanji Olayemi, in his submission, said progressive people of the State are determined to partake in the widely accepted struggle to enthrone democratically Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu/Shettima to accelerate further hope in Nigeria.
He said the campaign body is working in synergy with other notable support groups to strengthen the mobilisation efforts, particularly at the grassroot level.
“My past and present conviction in the depth of wisdom and ability to deliver for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is the prompter to this privately conceived idea,” he said.
Olabanji lauded Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his giant strides in office, and acknowledged his leadership of the party in the State, affirming that the Governor and other APC chieftains and stalwarts have been working assiduously to ensure the victory of all candidates of the party.
“I would like you to know that as an organisation, the party (APC) still remains supreme and that the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is the leader of the party in Kwara State. Among the members of this organization are committed men and women of integrity spread all over the 193 wards in the state,” he said.
“Our presence in all the polling units across Kwara will earnestly commence propagation of the APC agenda soonest.”
