Kwara Central APC Senate candidate, Mallam Salihu Mustapha, who is also the Turaki of Ilorin, turns 50 today, Sunday, 25 September 2022 and Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq of Kwara state, has led a chorus of congratulations.
The governor in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, described Mallam Salihu Mustapha as a great party man and a philanthropist with good impacts in the lives of thousands of people.
He noted that Salihu’s emergence as Kwara Central APC senate candidate was deserving of his sacrifices, contribution and his commitment to the growth of the party over the years.
‘On behalf of the government, people of Kwara state and members of our great party, I join family and friends to celebrate my brother , who is the Turaki of Ilorin, on his 50th birthday anniversary.
I beseech Allah to grant Turaki and all the candidates of our party, APC, a resounding victory at the polls next year, and give him long life and good health in the service to humanity’ he said.
Former Sports Minister, Mallam Bolaji Abdulahi , has also done what had made it clear that he has a mature mind by joining other prominent Ilorin indigenes to congratulate Mallam Salihu Mustapha on his 50th birthday anniversary.
Mallam Bolaji Abdulahi is the Kwara Central PDP senate candidate.
The former minister in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by his media office on Sunday not only congratulated Mallam Salihu Mustapha on his 50th birthday anniversary but also noted that he has achieved a great milestone in life.
Extending his best wishes for Mallam Mustapha in the years to come, the former minister joined his family, friends and political associates to pray for a long life and peace of mind for him while wishing the Kwara Central APC senate candidate many happy returns of the day.
Emir of Ilorin, who is the Chairman of Kwara state Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has also congratulated Mallam Salihu Mustapha on his 50th birthday anniversary.
Describing turning 50 as a remarkable and a milestone moment, the Emir noted that its attainment actually calls for celebration but most importantly a deep reflection on the past, present and future while sincerely appreciating the Creator for the rare privileges of abundant favour.
The emir appreciated all the various intervention programmes of the Turaki of Ilorin through his Non-Governmental Organization, the Saliu Mustapha Foundation which has had the less privileged in the society, both young and old, men and women as well as groups and associations within the Ilorin Emirate and beyond as beneficiaries.
The Ilorin monarch , who urged Mallam Salihu to continue being altruistic, also prayed Allah to continue to enrich him and reward him for his selfless service to humanity.
Kwara state APC chieftain, Hon Bamidele Aluko , has also congratulated Mallam Salihu Mustapha on his 50th birthday anniversary calling him a well-liked politician.
Aluko , a former member of the Kwara state House of Assembly , acknowledged the selfless services to humanity and the philanthropic gesture of Mustapha , which, he noted, had gotten confirmed in the testimonials of the countless number of people, who had in one way or the other benefitted from his benevolence and kindness.
‘May I take this opportunity to convey to Mallam Salihu Mustapha my best wishes and I pray for his continued good health and success in the years ahead. It is with great pleasure that I extend my hearty congratulations to him on his fiftieth birthday anniversary’ he said.
While felicitating Salihu Mustapha on his fiftieth birthday anniversary , Kwara state APC has also praised his contribution to the development of the party in the state.
The party in a statement by the state Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Tajudeen Aro described Mustapha as a resourceful person and a great achiever.
‘Your regular consultations and interface with the people and our party structures towards enhancing synergy and harmony in ensuring victory for the party and being the Kwara Central Senate Candidate of our party is highly commendable’ Kwara state APC submitted.
The Oloriewe of Oro Kingdom, Alhaji Raheem Adedoyin, has also sent a message of congratulations to Mallam Saliu Mustapha on his 50th birthday anniversary.
Alhaji Adedoyin, a former commissioner and a Kwara state APC chieftain, described Mustapha as a political associate, a friend and a brother.
‘Characteristically, it won’t be a day of lavish celebration. And to draw home the point that it should be a quiet day, Tiuraki had issued a statement asking people for only supplications to Allah to mark his birthday.
Well, that has not stopped an outpouring of love, affection and Goodwill messages- from the elites to the ordinary people whose lives Turaki has touched .
Turaki Mustapha is a political associate, a friend and a brother.
His knowing me wasn’t so good from the start. And we laugh anytime he recalls how my name was removed from the list of Federal Board Chairmen from Kwara State because the Leadership in Kwara frowned at my association with my bosom friend, Hon. Moshood Mustapha, who had formed a formidable group to campaign for governor against the dynastic wishes of the Leadership. .
I first knew Turaki as a solid party man when, despite being cruelly disqualified from governorship primary, he was neck deep in financing and campaigning for APC victory in the 2019 elections. It is also instructive that he was present at the Kwara APC State Congress that produced Prince Sunday Fagbemi as Chairman.
On a personal level, I feel and see TSM’s humility and benevolence firsthand. From his instructive phone call and his emissary on my hospital bed in London, to his physical presence on a Sallah day at my mother’s fidau in Ijomu Oro in 2021, to my birthday lecture programme in Ilorin last year, I have fond memories of this man’s goodness.
TSM is not only a philanthropist, his gestures of goodwill go beyond ethnic boundaries. People from Kwara South that I and other associates recommended have benefitted from his patronage and empowerment programmes. This started long before it gained prominence in the media.
I was involved deeply in his campaign for APC National Chairman position. It was one of the miracles of our political environment that the aspirant, who ran the best, energizing, tsunamic campaign, was edged out at the last minute. But he took the loss stoically and remained a party man. It is God’s payback for him that he is today not only a senate candidate but the leading candidate .
I join kwara’s first citizen, HE AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and other well-wishers to celebrate the golden age of the golden man.
Happy Birthday Turaki’ he wrote -Team@orientactualmags.com
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