The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that under an All Progressives Congress (APC) dispensation, February 23 of every year will be observed as the “Day of Liberation” by the people of Kwara.
“I want to ask the incoming governor of our state to, immediately he is sworn in on 29 May 2019, declare February 23rd (the date of this year’s presidential and National Assembly elections) of every year as the ‘Day of Liberation’ for Kwara State,” said the minister, who is also the APC leader in the state, at a media briefing yesterday in Ilorin, the state capital.
Mohammed thanked God and the people of Kwara for the “clean sweep” which the party achieved in last Saturday’s elections in the state, saying the APC won the match against the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 10-0: (1-0 for President, 3-0 for Senate and 6-0 for House of Representatives).
“With the outcome of last Saturday’s elections, I can now conveniently say that Kwara is free; free from a choking and pauperising political hegemony of a self-imposed dynasty! Never again will Kwarans be treated like slaves in their own land. Enough Is Enough. O To Ge!” he said.
The minister said no single individual deserves credit for APC’s massive victory in the elections, adding that the credit for the victory would go to the good people of the state.
He noted that after being galvanised by “perhaps the most impactful, three-word political slogan ever in the history of party politics in this land”, Kwarans confirmed the saying that the power of the people is much stronger the people in power.
Mohammed noted that with APC’s victory in last Saturday’s elections, the “Berlin Wall” of Kwara politics had cracked further and will finally crumble on March 9, when the state votes in a new governor and members of the House of Assembly.
The minister also said Saturday’s election in the state was free, fair and peaceful.
