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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq
The Mutawali of Ilorin, Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq, has called on the leaders of northern Nigeria to urgently address the twin issues of educational backwardness and youth unemployment to check the problem of insecurity in the region.
AbdulRazaq made the appeal in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital while addressing the Kwara State branch of Gamji Members Association in Nigeria, a socio-political group in the North who visited him at his Surulere, Ilorin family residence, Ilorin, Kwara State on Saturday.
AbdulRazaq who is the patron of GAMA in Kwara, stressed that leaders in the north must urgently address the educational challenge by encouraging mass enrolment of youths in schools, noting that educated citizens will not take up arms against the state and innocent citizens.
He insisted that only when the leaders make deliberate efforts to create job opportunities for the teeming unemployed youths in the north would peace be guaranteed among the restive populace comprising more youths.
AbdulRazaq, who is also the grand patron of the Arewa Consultative Forum in Kwara, traced the problem of insecurity in the north to a lack of access to education and youth unemployment.
As a result, he maintained, “Leaders should address the problem of insecurity in the north as an emergency. Lack of access to education and youth unemployment are the major causes of banditry and insecurity generally in the north,” adding that, “Kwara, for instance, is an example of a peaceful state. We want our leaders to replicate Kwara’s model across the 19 northern states.
“We thank the leadership of the Kwara State security agencies for ensuring peace in the state. Our leaders should please address the issue of insecurity in the north.
“There are challenges in the north today because of the failure of successive leaders in the north to promote the ideals of the late Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello, and his colleagues.
“We must promote unity amongst northerners. We in Kwara will continue to promote and uphold the ideals of the late Sardauna,” AbdulRazaq noted.
He praised members of GAMA for their perseverance and for sustaining and promoting the ideals of the late Sir Ahmadu Bello, whom he noted prioritised the development of the north and its people during his time.
The elderstatesman who congratulated the Sardauna of Ilorin, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, prayed to Allah to grant him a long reign and more success as a political leader and traditional title holder.
Earlier, the President General of GAMA, Alhaji Tunde Akanbi, had noted that the history of northern Nigeria would be incomplete without a mention of the name of the late patriarch of AbdulRazaq’s family of Ilorin, Alhaji AGF AbdulRazaq (SAN) who was the first lawyer in the entire northern region.
He expressed delight that Dr Alimi AbdulRazaq has stepped into the shoes of the elder AbdulRazaq.
Akanbi pointed out that GAMA was proud of the achievements of the state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, noting that the governor has not only ensured the development of every part of the state but also observed that he has turned Ilorin, the state capital into a model city.
The GAMA leader equally thanked Mutawali for being a selfless leader who prioritised the well-being of his people in the state.
In their separate remarks, the Senior Special Assistant/ Counsellor to Kwara State governor, Alhaji Saadu Salahu, and the non-Executive Director of NNPCL, Dr Mohammed Ghali Alaaya corroborated Akanbi, saying: “We thank Mutawali for his passion and untiring selfless efforts to see the younger generation through to the ladder of their profession and careers.”
