PDP guber: Kwara youths endorse Ajia

Youths in Kwara state have endorsed a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Ajia, as their consensus governorship candidate for the 2019 general elections. The youths, who praised the passage of Not Too Young to Run Bill by the National Assembly, said the bill has provided the enabling environment for members of the younger generation to take their rightful places in the administration of the country.
Rising from a one day summit held in Ilorin at the weekend, the youths under the umbrella of Kwara Youth Stakeholders Forum, said they had resolved to back Ajia after closely studying his credentials side- by- side with that of other contenders for the governorship race. A communique issued at the end of the summit and signed by the Forum’s President, Comrade Charles Olufemi Folayan, advocated the need to put youth forward for governorship seat in the forthcoming general elections. The communique also kicked against what it called leadership recycling in the state and urged party stakeholders to support the aspirations of youths to take charge.
“We noted with sadness that ever since the country’s return to democratic rule in 1999, the leadership space in Kwara has continued to revolve round the same circle of people. “It is more worrisome that in spite of the huge income that had been made available to the state through federal allocations, internally generated revenue, local and foreign debts, there are no concomitant benefits to the masses of Kwara, especially youths. “Our situation is still defined by abject poverty, unemployment, poor quality education and health institutions, collapsed infrastructure, among others. The youths resolved to put forward their best candidates in the 2019 elections.
“We are geared to present some youths to contest elective offices in the 2019 general elections and thus emphatically say No to leadership recycling in Kwara state henceforth. “On this note, having studied closely the credentials of one of the major contenders for the governorship race in the state in line with his antecedents and passion for a new Kwara in person of Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Ajia, we hereby unanimously endorse him as youths choice candidate for the 2019 gubernatorial election”, the communique said.

 

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