By Olubukola Aiyedogbon
Ilorin, Jan. 26, 2021 Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has advocated for infrastructural development in the North Central region of Nigeria.
He also solicited for better political representation of the region at the federal level.
AbdulRazaq made these appeals in Ilorin on Tuesday when he hosted members of the Kogi House of Assembly during an advocacy visit to rally support for Gov. Yahya Bello’s 2023 presidential bid.
He commended the giant strides of his Kogi counterpart and said the social media criticisms of him were not reflective of the infrastructural developments that have taken place under his administration.
He said the north central region, with its huge human and material resources, had never produced the president or vice president since independence.
Oyedepo made this known in Ilorin on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He said APC leaders from both feuding factions in the state had met in Abuja with the Chairman of the North Central Governors’ Forum and governor of Niger,
Sani Bello, who was appointed by the National Secretariat of the party to resolve the crisis.
Oyedepo said the Abuja meeting, which had in attendance Gov.
AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, did not affirm anyone as chairman of the party in the state.
He said:
North-Central deserves better infrastructure development, representation ― Kwara gov North-Central deserves better infrastructure development, representation ― Kwara gov
Jan 26, 2021
L-R: Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (5th right); Speaker Kwara State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danlandi-Salihu (5th left); Speaker Kogi State House of Assembly (KGHA) Rt. Hon. Prince Matthew Kolawole (4th right) in a group photo with other members of KGHA; during an advocacy visit to Government House, Ilorin, on Tuesday
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Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the North- Central region deserves much more in the area of infrastructural development and better political representations at the centre.
The Governor stated this in Ilorin, the state capital when he hosted members of the Kogi State House of Assembly who came on an advocacy visit to rally support for Governor Yahya Bello’s 2023 presidential bid.
Ortom used the APC platform during his first tenure but defected to PDP where he earlier gained prominence in politics.
But in recent times, speculations have heightened that the APC was scheming to bring him back to its fold, a development which Ortom had sometime ago confirmed but assured that he was not leaving PDP.
The Niger governor, who, debunked the rumour while fielding questions from journalists, said their convergence on Makurdi was devoid of politics but to “address the common challenges of insecurity facing our states.
From: Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
Chairman, North Central Governorsâ Forum and Governor of Niger State Abubakar Sani Bello has outrightly debunked insinuations that the objective of the forum is political. He also, dispelled allegation that the governors of the Forum most of whom are All Progressive Congress, APC members are plotting to woo Governor Samuel Ortom of the Peoplesâ Democratic Party,PDP back to the ruling party. Governor Bello who said this yesterday in Makurdi while briefing newsmen after the meeting of the North Central Governors, maintained that the meeting has no political undertone,adding there is unity amongst them in spite of their political differences.