Bolaji Abdullahi Declares Governorship Ambition

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The Arca Santa Event Centre, Ajase-Ipo Road, Ilorin, was the destination for friends, associates and supporters last Wednesday  as a former Minister and immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi formally declared interest in the Kwara State guber seat.  Abdulahi , a former pen pusher who also served as Commissioner for Education said he will focus on affairs and matters concerning the youths if elected governor.

“This is a journey that started in 2003 when I joined the state government. In all those years, one thing that has become very clear is that the biggest asset of the state is our youths. We therefore need to ensure that the young ones don’t constitute a problem for us in the state because right now, 54 per cent of Kwarans are below the age of 0-19 years. We have to plan for them and that is my main agenda. I will focus mainly on youth development because if we don’t solve the problem of the youths, they will one day come and solve us, so to speak. Because they are in the majority, if we don’t solve their problem, one day they will wake up and descend on us.

I interact with them regularly and I know what they want; these young people want decent education, they want to develop their skills, they want to have good jobs, to become useful citizens and not beggars. And unless we make their issue a priority, this state won’t survive. We may be spending money building roads and bridges but if we neglect them, we are deceiving ourselves. I, therefore, understand that our greatest focus must be on education and health. We were poor. I went to LSMB primary school at Oke Anifowoshe. The same school we went to today cannot give quality education. All I want is for the children of the poor to have the same opportunity as I did and have the chance to become someone of influence”, he said. Dignitaries at the declaration event include the state SSG, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, SSA to Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed on Youth, Alhaji Isiaka Babatunde;, Chairman, Ekiti local government, Hon. Yinka Dallas, former IEDPU President, Hamid Adi; Alhaji Yunus Abdulrahman,  former commissioners; Taju Sulu Oloje and Ayinke Saka, former PRO of the state PDP , Mariam Al-Hassan, Hon. Yinusa Yahaya, former  state lawmaker, Hon. Sulaiman Warah, SSA Media to Gov. Ahmed, Muhideen Akorede; Project Director ABS Constituency Office, Yinka Otukoko; former CPS, Moshood Adebimpe  and the former Commissioner for Environment, Taiwo Joseph.