The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed, has said the choice of the APC Governorship candidate for Kwara state
will be made through a rigorous and transparent process, as the party is set to
win the state's governorship election in 2019, reports ITREALMS.
The Minister, who is the leader of the APC in Kwara State,
stated this in Ilorin on Wednesday, at a parley organized for the APC
governorship aspirants in the state to present their vision and mission for the
state.
He described as unprecedented the parley that saw 12 of the
13 governorship aspirants under the auspices of the APC present their manifestos
to the state APC stakeholders at a well-attended and well-organised session in
the state capital.
''This parley is one of a kind, perhaps unprecedented in the
history of our dear state. It signposts our determination to conduct a transparent
and hitch-free primaries, to do things differently from the past so that we can
move our state forward and raise the living standards of our people. After all,
governance is all about the people,'' Alhaji Mohammed said.
He said all eyes are on Kwara State because of the level of
interest that has been shown in the governorship ticket of the APC in the state
and the fact that the party is set to occupy the seat of power in the state in
2019.
The Minister said the parley will go down in history as the
first time any political party in Kwara State will be organising such a forum
as a platform to analyze the vision and mission of its aspirants.
Explaining the process, he said each aspirant was required
to present his vision and mission to party stakeholders, in an open,
transparent and organized manner.
''If you become the Governor of Kwara State under the APC
flag, what can the long-suffering people of our dear state expect from you? How
do you intend to ensure that the government serves the people rather than just
one man? How can what has become a one-man rule be transmuted to majority rule
for the betterment of the people? The answers to these and other questions will
give us an insight into your plan of action for the state,” Alhaji Mohammed
said
Ayo Midele/GEE
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