Excerpt from my declaration speech: I pay homage to my predecessors for laying the foundation for a flourishing Kwara State that we upscaled through Shared Prosperity. Our state is much better than we met it and is growing everyday. Today, before all of you, I make bold to say we have essentially fulfilled our covenant and in the process strengthened your faith in governance. We have rekindled hope in our youths by creating jobs. Thanks to our intervention programmes, 10, 200 youths now have jobs. Our informal sector is now bustling with the injection of N700m in micro credit to 48, 000 small business owners. I make these points not because I want to impress you. Neither do I seek praise for doing my job. However, I am encouraged by the story of a graduate whose dry cleaning business is now growing thanks to the injection of funds from our entrepreneurship scheme. I remember the story of villagers in Alapa who now access subsidized healthcare, and the case of a single mother who now works in the state civil service and can now feed her children. These stories demonstrate how far we have come, underline what we are capable of and, more importantly, the fact that we can do more. On that note, I humbly and formally declare my intention to run for a second term in office so that I can do more for our state and its people. By the grace of God and with your mandate, we intend to accelerate the development of our state when re-elected for a second term in office.
Posted on: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:50:18 +0000
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