Guber Election: Abdulahi Yaman Unveils Manifesto In Ilorin, Promises To Reposition Kwara For Economic Growth

Ahead of the March 11 ,2023 gubernatorial election in Kwara state, PDP gubernatorial candidate, Alhaji Shuaib Abdulahi Yaman had party members and supporters gathered at the Monarchs Hotel, Ilorin-Ajase-Ipo road, Ilorin for the unveiling ceremony of his manifesto on Thursday.

 Giving his speech,  Alhaji Shuaib Abdulahi Yaman, noted that his being into politics is a matter of conscience and the commitment to ensure that generations to come will have a secure future.

He  also noted that  in preparation for a third world war that will not be fought through the use of  soldiers , artillery  or weapons but  rather through intellectual capacity , there is a need to prepare the young Kwarans  to become ‘bosses’ and not ‘boys’.

Yaman also promised that if elected as governor, he will through partnership with relevant institutions and the private sector industrialize Kwara state and make the young people in the state become self-sufficient and self-independent.

He listed steps that will be taken  to create prosperity for residents and citizens of Kwara state to include the growing of cotton which will have the people cultivating 250,000 hectares of land for this purpose in four years , establishment of textile factories , building cattle ranches in Kaiama and Moro local governments which will make Kwara become a centre for  production of milk  in the country while adding that  Nano Milk  had already bought into this agenda .

While adding that this will also result in production of hide and skin, he has promised to partner with GUCCI and other international companies to grow the shoe making industry in the state, noting that what he called ‘cassava revolution’ will also surface in Kwara South.

 Like it had been done in Nairobi. Kenya, Yaman also said  he has plans to create a platform for fresh flowers  to get exported from Ilorin to  Amsterdam and this will  according to him create jobs and improve the economy of the state capital.

  While submitting that his administration will not rely on the federal allocations, Yaman also promised that  if elected as governor, the internally generated revenue of the state will increase from 23 billion to 145 billion naira as the business entities that must have surfaced on his watch will pay taxes.

He asserted that the problems the state had continued to face will be effectively addressed through his 5-point agenda which are economic prosperity for all Kwarans, social services reform, human capital development, infrastructural revolution and financial security and investment for the future.

He also  listed   his ‘plan of action’ and focus  to include   ‘economic prosperity anchored on a pragmatic ,agro-digital economy via a public-private -partnership approach,  making Kwara to become the leading exporter of cotton cassava and horticultural products from Nigeria within the next six years ,creation of 400,000 new jobs in 6 years,  integrated infrastructural management and development , increase in GDP  of Kwara state from 3.8 billion dollars to 14 billion dollars annually within the next six years, transformation of Kwara from a ‘civil service state’ into the industrial and manufacturing epicentres in the country  and making agro- allied and manufacturing sector to contribute 85 per cent of Kwara GDP within 6 years’.

Responding to a reporter’s question on his willingness to make such a manifesto available to others, Alhaji Abdulahi says ‘It is not about the manifesto but the heart to do it . I have the heart to do it . We will therefore be the one to implement it by the Grace of God’.

While promising to ensure that Kwara state civil service becomes one of the most efficient in the country with the welfare of workers prioritized , Yaman  has also promised to reposition the entertainment industry in the state .

Earlier in his opening remarks,  the state PDP Chairman, Alhaji Babatunde Mohammed , had urged members of the party not to allow what happened on Saturday 25 February 2023  to demoralize them submitting that the PDP  didn’t lose the elections in question  and that  the party will not only reclaim what he called ‘stolen mandate’ through legal means  but  has also remained the  most popular party in the state and would only become stronger.

He urged  party members  and supporters   to return   to their respective wards to  let the  people  know that only the PDP can solve the  problems  the state had faced and change things for the better.

Ahead of the gubernatorial and House of Assembly  elections scheduled to hold on March 11 ,2023,   ,Alhaji Babatunde Muhammed also urged  party members and canvassers, who would be voting outside the state capital, to ensure that they  leave Ilorin   on Thursday so as to arrive at  their respective  towns and villages  early  and begin to prepare  for the elections.

He also advised them to be friendly with   members of the  other opposition parties noting that  they have the same goal of stopping Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq from getting re-elected.

Chairman of the Kwara state PDP campaign Council, Professor Ali Ahmad  also noted that the PDP gubernatorial candidate had spoken to Kwarans  at an important time  urging them  to listen and digest  the manifesto  and internalize it.

He urged Kwarans to embrace the manifesto and the party noting that this had remained the best course of action.

Also speaking, Kwara state PDP Deputy Governorship candidate, former rep Gbenga Makanjuola urged support for the party.

 ‘It is not just  a paper work,  the contents of what you are seeing here is a product of efforts  with regard to the needs and yearnings of  Kwarans , it is a well –thought- out  and a well- researched  manifesto.

 I can assure you that by the special Grace of God  like we always say, ‘seeing is believing’  that  all that have been put into this document, Almighty God  will give us the grace, the strength and the wisdom   and the courage to implement  it’ he said.

Team@orientactualmags.com   learned PDP bigwigs at the event include Alhaji Tunde Mohammed,  Alhaji Abdulahi Yaman, former rep Gbenga Makanjuola,  Prof Ahmad Ali,  former rep Abubakar Kannike, Prince Tunji Morounfoye ,  Dr Babatunde Ajeigbe, Alhaji Toyin Olokooba and Alhaji Muhammad Magidansanmo–  Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you