How I’ll avoid being ‘stoned’ by Kwara people – Gov. Abdulrazaq
The Kwara State
Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has assured people of the state that he would
deliver on his campaign promises to avoid being “stoned”.
He gave the
assurance during a meeting with top officials of the Kwara State Road
Maintenance Agency in Ilorin, the state capital, over the weekend.
AbdulRazaq said he
was aware of the high expectations of the people and has resolved to meet their
yearning, especially in road construction and provision of other social infrastructure.
He said: “The state
of our roads in Kwara is disappointing. This is particularly true of Kwara
North.
“There is no road,
for instance, to Gwanara especially now that it is raining and yet the
contractor handling it is collecting money. That was why the previous
administration was stoned (in Gwanara).
“We don’t want to
be stoned.
“Kwara people have
woken up and if I don’t fix the road, they will protest. So, we will sit with
the contractors. We are not sacking or removing them. We want to be proactive
so they can do their job.”
Governor
Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on Friday announced his first appointments namely the
Secretary to the State Government, SSG, Chief of Staff, CoS, and the Chief
Press Secretary.
A statement by the
Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mr Agboola Olarewaju, said the appointments
include: Alhaji Aminu Adisa Login – CoS; Alhaji Mamman Saba Jibril – SSG; and
Alhaji Radius Ajakaye – CPS.
Logun, Chief of
Staff is a pioneer industrialist in Ilorin and an alumnus of the National
institute for strategic studies, NIPSS, Kuru Jos, Plateau state.
He hails from
Ilorin and was Chairman of the 80-member Kwara state Transition committee
appointed by Governor Abdulrazaq.
Logun also an
alumnus of Barewa college, Zaria, Kaduna state, attended King’s college, Lagos,
had a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical engineering from Loughborough University of
Technology, and a Master’s of Science, M.Sc from Birmingham University, both in
the UK.
He worked at
various times in Lever Brothers, Port Sunlight, UK, Cerekem Arhus, Denmark,
North Brewery Ltd, Kano and Nigeria Iron Ore Mining company, Itakpe, Kogi state.
Jibril, the new
SSG, hails from the Kwara North senatorial district and was until his
appointment the head of Geography department at the Nigerian Defence Academy,
NDA, Kaduna.
He has a bachelor’s
degree in Geography Master’s of Science, M.Sc, in Geography and Planning, and a
P.hd in Geography and a specialist in remote sensing applications.
Jibril who has
published several articles in local and foreign journals is a member of the
Association of Nigeria Geographers and Cartographic Association of Nigeria.
The new Chief Press
Secretary, Ajakaye, a seasoned journalist holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in
History and International Studies, and currently a Master’s degree student in
History and Diplomacy both from the Lagos State University, LASU.
A native of Alabe
in the Irepodun Local Government of the state, he was until his appointment,
the Nigerian correspondent for Anadolu Agency, Turkish semi-official news
medium and world’s fifth largest news agency.
Ajakaye with over
15 years of experience in active journalism, has reported for various local and
international news media as politics and development journalist including the
Daily Independent.
