TODAY
February 19, 2021
Local government and ward caretaker committee chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara have rejected the ongoing membership revalidation and registration in the state.
While describing the exercise as a sham, the officials said majority of members were disallowed from registering.
The chairmen and ward executives, in separate telephone interviews with newsmen in Ilorin on Friday, said the registration was a disenfranchisement.
Mr Mohammed Awobimpe, the APC Chairman in Ifelodun Local Government Area, said the whole exercise in the area was nothing to write home about.
“There is nowhere in Ifelodun where they were registering, I am from Igbaja, from my town up to Oke Ode, there were no materials for registration.
Senator Opeyemi Bamidele representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District has justified the ongoing membership revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Sunday Adeniyi, a farmer in Offa, recounted how his cassava farm was destroyed by herders in 2019.
“I saw their cows grazing on my farm and I wanted to chase at them. The next thing I noticed was that the herders were moving towards my direction with their cutlasses,” he said.
The front view of Mr Adeniyi’s house in Offa.
“I had to quickly hop on my bike before they tried anything,” Mr Adeniyi added.
He said he did not harvest a single tuber of cassava from the farm of about three acres. “Their cows destroyed everything.”
Mr Adeniyi said the experience forced him to quit farming, adding that he now works as a bricklayer.
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Concerned individuals of Igbaja land in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State on Monday staged a peaceful protest to the palace of the traditional ruler of the ancient town, the Elesee of Igbaja, against alleged atrocities of herdsmen to their lives and property.
The herdsmen in the Ifelodun communities were accused of being the perpetrators of incessant invading of their farms, stealing and killings, as they said that their actions have instilled fear on the Igbaja community.
One of the concerned people, Alhaji Abdulyekeen Ajibade, said that there are criminal elements among the herders in their community.
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Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, has said that the Bacita Sugar Company, the first Nigerian sugar manufacturer, would start production again in 2023.
Adebayo while Speaking at the official commissioning of the Nigeria Sugar Institute at Jimba-Oja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State said the commitment of the Federal Government to partner with private investors in sugar industry would accelerate industrialisation and hasten the economic growth of the country.
The minister said that investment already made by the Federal Government and the private sector in sugar industry was capable of creating over 100,000 jobs in agriculture and manufacturing sectors.