BY Comrade Gesua Yekini
I’m surprised when I read on social media that Mallam Salihu Mustapha APC Candidate won online personality award, for God sake and for the interest of our dear people of Kwara enough of too this liars and APC Propaganda deceiving people. Salihu Mustapha has never attended any political debate, function, and live Radio/TV programme to give the audience opportunity to phone and ask questions and you are saying he won online among others. Who is the organizer ?
Let Salihu Mustapha be on a Radio live programme to allow people ask questions what he is going to do at Senate. Stop deceiving us by grading road, spending money which amount to vote buying. The tenth Senate is serious work as our economy is in bad state, insecurity, banditary, kidnapping all these coming Senate will be there to take drastic solutions, restructuring and it will serious debate on the floor of the Senate so we have to know who is going to represent us .
The work of the Senate is in three major important areas, Legislation, Representation and oversight.Who can deliver is the person we should vote for to restore back our economy among others and correct the rot APC led government had put us going to eight years now. Someone that will continue and build on the record created by the previous Senators especially our Distinguished Senator who have the three C keys Senator Oloriegbe with Character, Courage and Competent. And let us face reality, forget whatever Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi PDP Kwara Central Senatorial Candidate has done yesterday, let forget personal interest, hatred against Bolaji Abdullahi don’t deceive our beloved people of Kwara Central Senatorial because Salihu Mustapha cannot withstand Bolaji Abdullahi neither Distinguished Senator Oloriegbe the difference is very clear.
They are not comparable Bolaji Abdullahi PDP Kwara Central Senatorial Candidate has served in difference capacities both in the State and federal levels has Minister. Salihu Mustapha doesn’t have the knowledge and the wisdom to be in the tenth Senate because our economy has collapsed Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi most capable, Competent with good Character, Courage knowledge, Wisdom, integrity with good relationship stand a better chance and a good representation. Let us face reality and forgive whatever Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi PDP Kwara Central Senatorial Candidate has done but save our beloved country from collapse let us speak with one voice and support Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi PDP Kwara Central Senatorial Candidate in the interest of our beloved kwara State.
The following are the philanthropic interventions and Community Participation and interventions.
Philanthropic Interventions
Founded the Omoluabi Foundation, a social intervention initiative focused primarily in using extra curricular activities for youth development in Kwara State Life Skills training to hundreds of secondary school students across Kwara State . Donation of maternity kits and drugs to selected hospitals in Kwara Central Donations of clothing items and provisions to orphanages. For several years, sponsored local handball competitions in Kwara State. Some of the products of these competitions have represented the Nigerian youth national teams in international competitions Ensured the Flying Eagles played all their qualifying matches in Ilorin Stadium In association with the DSTV/Supersports launched the “let’s Play” initiative in Ilorin Distributed Glo empowerment packages to 50 youths across the state, including through the Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association.
Sponsored Kwara 25 youths on agro-preneur training programmes in Abeokuta Sponsored Quranic Recitation Competitions across the State for five years. Supported several artisans with equipment and start up funds for their business. Procured 15 motor-cycles for youths to get them off the street. Facilitated employment for 53 youths in the State and Federal Civil Service, including immigration, customs and civil defence. Awarded full scholarship to 5 youths at the Kwara State University, Malete. Paid registration fees for hundreds of youths for UME. WAEC AND NECO.
Paid medical fees for hundreds of indigents at private hospitals across the State and the UITH, incl for surgeries with some cases costing up to 5 M Kaira Sponsored the Omoluabi football tourname across the state. Distributed N15million in COVID-19 palliatives across the State to cushion the effects of the pandemic for the poorest, with each beneficiary setting a minimum of N5,000Distributed 3,000 hand sanitizers during the pandemic Supported victims of rainstorm and flooding in the State with re-roofing materials and food relief Launched a N50million Educational Endowment in 2020 to commemorate my 50th Birthday. The endowment has supported the education of several indigent Kwara youths. The endowment has also sponsored the Bolaji Abdullahi Mentorship Program (BAMP) which has delivered life skills to mostly Kwara Youths.
The endowment has also sponsored the Bolaji Abdullahi Literature Prize to promote creative writing skills among the youths in Kwara State. The endowment has also supported spelling competitions among secondary schools in the state and awarded scholarship to winners. The endowment has also bought a piece of land at the heart of the city and concluded plans to build the Omoluabi Leadership Centre in Ilorin. Supported sever youth initiatives in higher institutions in the State and Emirate Students in universities across the country. Built and renovated classrooms in selected community/public schools in the state.
Built literacy and numeracy laboratory in Barakat LSMB primary schools, and provided furniture and writing materials to all the pupils. Sank motorized boreholes with full reticulation in my community. Annual Ramadan and Eid support all palliatives to several individual and group beneficianes for about 20 years, including imams, magajis and alanguas.Reconstruction of Olunlade-Idi Ogede Road with asphalt.
Community Participation and interventions
Financial contribution to the renovation and maintenance of Ilorin Central Mosque Served as secretary of the llorin Central Mosque Financial Sustainability Committee. Supported the completion of mosques and procurement of power generators and public address systems to several mosques. Sponsored several pilgrims to Hajj and Umrah. Financial contribution to the Ilorin Emirate Special Covid-19 fund. Supported the activities of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), including convening a special interactive session of Emirate indigenes in Abuja with the national executives of the union under the leadership of Ambassador, Sheikh Usman Abdul-Azeez. Supported the activities of the Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association.
Supported the Annual Durbar events since inception.Facilitated the recruitment of several Kwarans into the federal civil service through the ministry of youth development. Sponsored many Kwarans to international sporting competitions in different countries of Africa and Europe.
Gesua, a former State Chairman, Radio, Television, Theatre and Arts Workers Union (RATTAWU) writes from Ilorin.
