FIC REPORT (KWARA STATE) – Nigeria’s Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON, on has inaugurated State Garment Factory and the multi-storey Revenue House located along Ahmadu Bello Way GRA in Ilorin, the State Capital.
Vice President Shettima who described the Revenue House as elephant edifice “ have ever seen.”
He characterised governor AbdulRazaq as a very humble public servant who speaks less and does far more for the people of the state.
He therefore congratulates the governor on the conferment of the chieftaincy title and wished him a continuous God’s guidance on the new task.
According to vice president Shettima as Governor AbdulRazaq receives his turban, we remember those who preceded him and offer prayers for the generations who will encounter this occasion through the stories their elders preserve. My presence here today carries the affection of a friend,” he said.
He reminded me that Governor AbdulRazaq and I have shared conversations and responsibilities beyond ceremonial occasions.
“There is something sobering about celebrating a friend while both of you remain answerable to the demands of public office. Titles will eventually pass into the record of our lives. The human bonds formed along the way shall endure beyond the appointments through which other people came to know us.”
He also prayed to Allah to grant the Emir of Ilorin good health, long life and prosperity.
“I extend the congratulations of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the government and people of Nigeria to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, his family and Ilorin Emirate. May Allah grant you health, humility, and strength for the responsibilities before you,” he said.
“May Allaah preserve our communities in peace, bless the children who will inherit them and grant our departed elders mercy. May this day bring joy to your household and renew in all of us the resolve to serve with conscience. May Allah grant our Emir good health, long life and prosperity.”
The Vice President tasked all public office seekers and indeed the politicians to give peace a chance as they go about their political aspirations.
Amongst dignitaries in attendance at the commissioning of the projects and the turbauning were Governors of Imo, Kaduna, Kebbi, Ogun, and Gombe states, Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, Minister of State Industry, and representative of the Vice President of Ivory Coast.
Governors of Ekiti and Plateau states, former Governor of Niger State, Senator Sani Bello, Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu and the Chairman Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji, Deputy Governors of Oyo, Jigawa, Sokoto, Borno, Zamfara, Anambra, Ondo, Kano, Nassarawa and Katsina states, as well as Soun of Ogbomosho, Oba Afolabi Olaoye.
Also in attendance were Wife of the Governor of Kwara State, Amb Mrs Olufolake AbdulRazaq, State Deputy Governor Mr Kayode Alabi, Speaker Kwara House of Assembly and APC Gubernatorial candidate, Rt. Hon Yakubu Salihu Danladi.
Reported by:
FADEYI, Babajide &Aina blessing
For ;FIC, Ilorin
