Alhaji Hakeem Oladimeji Lawal, the Kwara State Gubernatorial candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), has lamented the level of infrastructural decay in the Northern zone of the State, saying that the clamour of the people of Kwara North has not been attended to our given any priority despite the triumph of Otoge at the 2019 electoral polls.
This is contained in a signed statement made available to newsmen by Abdulrasheed Akogun, the Deputy Director, Media and Communication of Social Democratic Party/Hakeem Lawal Campaign Council.
Lawal made this remark while speaking to party loyalists, stakeholders and residents of Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, at the campaign flag off of the Kwara North Senatorial election.
He said that the expectations of people from the current government to effect a fantastic turnaround, were very high, considering the promises of fortunes they have made to the people.
He said: “even though we rightly voted out the Saraki dynasty in 2019, yet, the plight of the Kwara northerners has refused to change. The entire Pategi Local Government is suffering from acute infrastructural deficit and that’s largely the same reality across the remaining four local government areas of Kwara North and indeed the whole of Kwara.
He further said: “This is not the time for sectional or sentimental agitations, rather we all should be purposive in prioritizing demands for even spread of dividends of democracy.
“Infrastructural deficit, unemployment and underemployment etc are non-respecter of ethnic, religious and sectional biases. Thus, our search for way-outs, must be solution and not primordial sentiment driven.
While expressing his opinion, in the same vein, Akogun Iyiola Oyedepo said: “We’ve been ruled by Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for the last 3 years, he’s not been able to fundamentally transform the State. He’s found of saying he has transformed Kwara North, sadly there’s nothing on ground to show any serious improvement.
“The infrastructures has continued to deteriorate, the roads leading here has remained its sorry self, therefore the electorates of Kwara North should refuse to re-enforce failures. That’s not however to mean we should go back to our vomit which we said Otoge to. I enjoin us all to troop out enmass to vote the SDP across board.
While thanking the residents and people of Pategi for their massive turn out in their thousands to pledged their loyalty to the SDP, Alhaji AbdulAzeez Afolabi who’s the State Chairman of the party, said that: “Today is epochal, we’ve seen the love and overwhelming acceptance the good people of Pategi LG and indeed the entirety of Kwara North has shown to the SDP. We’re rest assured that the party will emerge convincingly victorious come 2023.