By: Sa’ad Alaro, Ilorin
The Kwara State Social Democratic Party (SDP) has responded to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq claims, saying that the governor is “the emperor of flatulent rhetorics and the cheerleader of falsehood disseminating team in the state”.
This is a reaction to a statement made by Governor Abdulrazaq during the inauguration of his special adviser and new commissioners, Saying his opponents are loud on propaganda.
In a claim by the governor, he said, “for every lie anyone tells against us, please point them to where we were in 2019 and where we are today. The facts speak for themselves in health sector, education, opening up of rural and urban areas, gender inclusion, youths and women empowerment, workers welfare, and economic growth. Our opponents are loud on lies, hate, and rhetorics, but empty on verifiable facts and clear agenda for development”.
Responding to the governor’s claim, Abdulrasheed Akogun, the Deputy Director of Media and Strategic Communications, SDP Campaign Council, in a statement issued on Thursday, described Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s comments as “deceptive and a tale of falling emperor”.
Abdulrasheed added that the Kwara State Government has been unrelenting in sharing folktales and blame games to cover his poor performance, lack of transparency and inability to deliver on many promises of OTOGE movement.
The statement reads, “Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq led government is a nest of pretenders, with its cheerleader a master of chameleonic postulations. They’re masterchef of cooked folktales to cover the administration’s weaknesses including shabby project implementation, poor road maintenance, lack of transparency and accruing loans without tangible projects to show for it”.
Abdulrasheed who served as AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Director of Media for Kwara Central during the 2019 governorship election in the state, said the current administration has failed Kwarans by discarding the party’s manifesto used to solicit Votes from the electorates.
He, however, distinguished the SDP Governorship Candidate, Alhaji Hakeem Oladimeji Lawal saying, since the beginning of his statewide consultation and interactive parley with critical stakeholders he has been reeling out plans for Kwara transformation and explaining workable and unambiguous ways to achieve same.
“Unlike the falling emperor in Government House, SDP governorship candidate in Kwara State, Alhaji Hakeem Lawal within two weeks has held Interactive parleys with critical stakeholders including traditional rulers, Artisans, Community Leaders, Opinion Moulders, Students group, Transporters and others in 10 local government areas and still counting, across the three Senatorial districts to discuss his plan for Kwara Transformation.
“Hakeem Lawal as a good communicator and passionate listener has engaged stakeholders on issues of importance to Kwarans. He unveiled his projection of N10BILLION monthly Internally Generated Revenue for the state during Kwara Tabloid Governorship Debate in October and also gives insight on how to actualize it.
“Our Governorship Candidate during the interactive parleys also discussed his plans to address disparity between in SUBEB/TESCOM salary structure and create jobs/wealth with the empowerment of farmers to embrace modern farming.
According to Akogun, the SDP governorship flag bearer in Kwara, Hakeem Lawal, a 48 year-old International Finance expert is running issues based campaign and will stick to that till he emerges victorious during March 2023 governorship election in the state.
Akogun, meanwhile, advised Governor Abdulrazaq and his team to be prepared to explain to Kwarans how the almost N500billion Federal allocation and Internally Generated Revenue has been utilized, without tangible projects on ground to justify.