Scores of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) youths in Kwara
State have staged a peaceful rally in Ilorin, the state capital, to protest
against the unfulfilled promises of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
administration led by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
They said the APC-led administration deceived the people
with promises of better governance with its campaign dubbed ‘Otoge’ before the
last general election in 2019.
Addressing the youth in Ilorin, former Senate President
Bukola Saraki, described the event as a spontaneous reaction to what the youths
have been through at the hands of the ruling party at the state and national
levels.
He said: “A lot of them were given the wrong impression and
unkept promises and they have seen that it’s time to go back to a government
that will support and care for them. We have said the APC has nothing to offer
the youths and Nigerians and that is what is being reiterated here today.”
Saraki said this is the time to rescue Nigeria and set it in
the right direction. He added that the PDP has demonstrated the energy and
enthusiasm to take over governance at both the state and the national levels.
He added: “These are ordinary people on the street saying “O
su wa” (we are tied). And why would they not be when you look at the cost of a
bag of rice and garri, the issue of insecurity and all other negative indices
plaguing the country? The story is the same.
“But the people want a greener pasture and different
direction in this country which only the PDP can offer.”
One of the youth leaders, Otukoko Olayinka, said that
advocates of the ‘Otoge’ struggles have not lived up to expectations against
their promises in 2019. He said: “The then advocates of Otoge struggle promised
the people of Kwara a lot in 2019. They’ve not lived up to one-quarter of it.
So, the Kwara youth from PDP came together with the slogan, ‘o su wa’ (we are
tired). What this means in essence is that prices of food items and fuel have
gone unbearably too high since the emergence of the APC government. Insecurity
is the order of the day. People are groaning. Kwarans have not enjoyed the
dividends of democracy as promised by the crusaders of Otoge in 2019.
He added: “We are saying we cannot continue this way. The
past PDP government in power had shown competence and good governance. We have
seen that the APC had not been able to give what it promised the people in the
state. Kwara people, represented by the youth constituency, are saying enough
is enough for the APC government. Come 2023, we want to bid the present
government bye and usher in competent, capable leaders in those that have done
it in the past and that can still do it again.”
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