•• Governor’s Aide Cites Water Projects, Scholarship
The decades-long philanthropic contributions of Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq to community development across Ilorin Emirate and beyond have been highlighted at a stakeholders’ engagement in Ajikobi, Ilorin.
The Governor’s Counsellor and Adviser, Alhaji Saadudeen Salahudeen, who represented him at the event, said AbdulRazaq’s contributions to community development predated his emergence as governor.
Salahudeen said the contributions included interventions through the governor’s company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives and other philanthropic gestures.
He cited water projects and scholarship schemes for indigent students across Ilorin Emirate and beyond as examples of the governor’s longstanding commitment to community welfare and human capital development.
Also speaking, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Kwara for the 2027 elections, Rt. Honourable Yakubu Saliu Danladi urged party members to intensify grassroots mobilisation and work towards the election of all APC candidates.
Danladi pledged to deepen the dividends of democracy and consolidate on the achievements of the AbdulRazaq-led administration.
He urged party members to shun violence and other acts capable of threatening peace and stability while remaining committed to the party’s leadership and manifesto.
Similarly, the Director-General of the Kwara APC Campaign Council for Kwara Central, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Jiddah, urged the party faithful to work closely with the council to secure victory for all the party’s candidates.
Jiddah thanked members for their steadfastness and commitment, urging them to avoid actions capable of disrupting the peace and stability for which Kwara was known.
The engagement was organised by the state Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development and Supervising Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Lawal Olohungbebe.
Olohungbebe said the meeting was aimed at deepening commitment among party members, fostering open dialogue with stakeholders and strengthening grassroots engagement.
The event attracted several political leaders and stakeholders, including the Chairman of the Lower Niger River Basin Development Authority, Alhaji Lateef Alakawa; the APC candidate for Ilorin North-West Constituency in the Kwara House of Assembly, Honourable Ahmed Sholagberu; and the Special Adviser on Political Matters (Kwara Central), Prince Suleiman Abubakar.
Also, in attendance were all APC ward chairmen in Ilorin West Local Government Area, the Senior Special Assistant on Women Mobilisation, Hajia Monsurat Lawal, and other party leaders and stakeholders. Honourable Mukhtar Shagaya was represented by his delegation.
A major highlight of the engagement was the symbolic presentation of cash support to representatives of the beneficiaries, with no fewer than 1,000 APC faithful identified as beneficiaries of the gesture.
The convener expressed appreciation to party leaders, stakeholders, community, and religious leaders, as well as APC support groups, for their participation and contributions to the engagement.