PDP Urges Kwara Govt To Take Quick Action On Influx Of Foreigners, Wants Migrants ‘Documented’
Kwara state PDP has raised the alarm about recent developments in the state submitting that the developments in question pose security risks and stand as a threat to the safety of residents and citizens of the state.
Spokesman for the party, Prince Tunji Morounfoye in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Tuesday morning urged the state government to take action on the issues without delay while suggesting the idea of getting migrants properly documented.
‘The Kwara state Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wishes to raise the alarm about this very important issue, for the attention of Kwarans and the Kwara All Progressive Congress (APC) regime, led by Mal. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq.
Residents of Ilorin and other major cities in Kwara state, have watched with trepidation at the major influx of foreign nationals into the state. We have seen various strange individuals engage in begging, transport business (Okada riders) , vegetable farming, vegetable sales and scavenging. Okada riders in Ilorin are now rather incognito, they wear different designs, colours and the identification numbers that they prefer, some Okada riders don’t even bother about uniforms, some cover their faces, so that they can’t be recognized.
The Kwara APC regime however, sees it fit to tax the Okada riders daily, supervised by fierce- looking garage touts, who have become a nuisance at road junctions and speed breakers.
Hausa speaking people will bear us witness that most of this new migrants do not speak or understand the Hausa language, which is the lingua franca of most northern states in Nigeria. To this effect we can only appeal to the state governor Mal. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, who ‘won’ his re-election, to carry out the registration and regulation of these individuals in conjunction with the Nigerian Immigration Services if necessary. The current security situation with the escalation of aggressive messages from Niger republic to Nigeria, we need to be security conscious in Kwara state. We have also seen a spike in recent times, of kidnappings and outright murder in the state’ the party said.
Kwara state PDP also alleged that the governor did not carry out the registration before the 2023 general election to avoid getting into the bad books of some voters.
The party also urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq not to place ‘national assignment’ as Governors’ forum Chairman, above the running of affairs of Kwara state while asking him ‘to spend more time at home to attend to governance, and security issues’-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
