Abdulrazaq Political Feuds MUST READ
Since his election as governor of Kwara bracelet femme maison State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has endeared himself to the people by his unassuming disposition, gender equality initiatives, developmental programmes and the prompt payment of the remuneration of workers.
In fact, in October 2019, Kwara ranked third on the list of states that had attracted huge foreign investments, recording an accumulated inflow of $1.14 billion. coque huawei coque samsung It was next to Lagos and Abuja.
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AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the governor of Kwara state
The compound of the home had served as a constituency office where old and young beneficiaries converged to receive relief materials, financial support and health care services, as part of the philanthropy of the late politician’s family.
The bague homme us air force government should have considered several factors before taking such a delicate decision in an environment riven by bague homme argent ceramique mutual suspicion and political sentiments that could bague homme sons of anarchy easily revive the alleged old rivalry between the major patriarchs in the power elite of the Ilorin Emirate, including the Belgores, Gambaris, Akanbis, Oniyangis, Gobiris, Sarakis and AbdulRazaqs.
There is no denying the fact that the AbdulRazaq and Saraki families bague homme taille 54 argent have huge influence in Kwara because of their very rich credentials and huge contributions to the development of the State. bague femme coque huawei Nevertheless, there has been a seemingly strained, no bague homme ying yang love lost, relationship between the two families, reputed to have been passed down by their patriarchs, Alhaji bracelet femme tabora AbdulGaniyu Folorunso (AGF) AbdulRazaq, an iconic legal luminary and the late Dr. coque huawei bracelet homme coque samsung Oloye Olusola Saraki, a renown political juggernaut in his days. bague argent coque iphone coque iphone AbdulRazaq is a Pan Nigerian who attended secondary school in Buguma, Rivers State, obtained a law degree from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State and established his law firm in Zaria, Kaduna State. In fact, he was the site de bague homme first legal practitioner in Northern Nigeria, who subsequently became appointed as national legal adviser of the Northern People’s Congress.
Meanwhile, Olusola Abubakar Saraki was born on May 17, 1933 in Ilorin and attended Eko bijouterie maty bague homme Boys High School, Lagos, before proceeding to University of London, and St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, for his medical training. coque samsung On his return to Nigeria, he worked as a medical officer at the Lagos General Hospital and the Creek Hospital.
Apart from serving as Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cote D’Ivoire and a Member of Parliament in the Northern Regional House of Assembly, the senior AbdulRazaq was equally Minister in charge of the railway in the First Republic, and the first Commissioner for Finance in Kwara State. He also established the first private secondary school in Kwara State, Ilorin College (now Government High School, Ilorin), which provided affordable education for the children comment trouver taille bague homme within the immediate and surrounding communities.
Although the senior Saraki failed in the 1964 parliamentary election for Ilorin as an independent candidate, he was nevertheless elected a senator bague homme korloff in 1979, and became the Senate Leader. coque iphone He was re elected into the Senate in 1983, bague homme argent motard before the military took over political power shortly afterward. bijoux pas cher Subsequently, the elder Saraki set up a bakery and other ventures for empowering people in the state
Alhaji AbdulRazaq, who holds the traditional title of Mutawali of Ilorin, has groomed young people who became successful administrators and businessmen. coque samsung He is also blessed with children that have excelled in bague homme the kooples different fields of endeavours, notable among who are the immediate past Chief Finance Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Mallam Isiaka AbdulRazaq; Senator Khairat Gwadabe; Barrister Alimi AbdulRazaq; Hajiya Aisha Lawal; and the current governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.
On his own part, elder Saraki, who held the traditional title of Wazirin Ilorin, was instrumental to the elections of many of the former governors of Kwara State, including Adamu Attah in 1979; Cornelius Adebayo in 1983; Shaba Lafiaji, 1992; Mohammed Alabi Lawal, 1999; and his son, Bukola Saraki in 2003. coque samsung coque iphone coque huawei His daughter, Gbemisola Rukayat Saraki was also elected as a member of the House of Representative in 1999 and a Senator in 2003, while his son emerged Senate President in June 9, 2015.
The rivalry between the two powerful Kwara families manifested in an interview granted by Alhaji AbdulRazaq to TheNEWS magazine in 2010, where he claimed that the Saraki family was not from bracelet femme semi rigide Ilorin. teeshirt licorne bijoux bague The distinguished diplomat then said that Dr. coque samsung Olusola bague homme acier taille 71 Saraki’s father, the late Alhaji Muttahiru Saraki, who was a businessman across West Africa, had informed him about their ancestry during a discussion.
In Alhaji AbdulRazaq’s recollection: “He (Alhaji Muttahiru Saraki) asked me where I come from. coque samsung coque samsung I told him I am from Ilorin. bague femme bijoux bracelets Alhaji Saraki said he was an Egba man from Abeokuta. By this time, I did not even know the existence of Olusola Saraki. coque samsung coque huawei coque huawei So, the man told me he was from Abeokuta, but he went to a Quranic School in Ilorin at Agbaji, an area reputed for Islamic scholarship. coque iphone coque iphone The man with his own mouth told me he was an Egba man from Abeokuta, not an Ilorin man. goed hoesje This was in early 1963.”
AbdulRazaq also disclosed that Muttahiru Saraki had later introduced his son, Olusola Saraki, to him, at a time when he was studying Medicine in London. coque samsung He recollected that at their first bague homme taille unique meeting, as the younger Saraki had stretched out his hand to shake him, but his father slapped him instead. bijoux pas cher coque iphone However, he managed to calm the elder Saraki down. coque samsung After the meeting, the father informed him that he was putting the younger Saraki in his care, stressing that he should, “Take care of him for me.”
Meanwhile, the families have always been on opposing sides of the political spectrum, contesting against each other in elections for decades. coque samsung In 1979 AbdulRazaq contested the gubernatorial election under the Great Nigeria People’s Party, GNPP, while Saraki sponsored Adamu Attah under the National Party of Nigeria, NPN; also, in 1999, Alimi Abdulrazak contested for the Kwara governorship bague homme or lapis lazuli under the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, bague homme j’m against the Saraki sponsored retired Admiral Mohammed Lawal of the All People’s Party, APP.
In 2003, Bukola Saraki contested for governorship of Kwara State under the PDP, against AbdulRazak’s in law, Mohammed Lawal; and in 2011 AbdulRahman AbdulRazak contested under the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, against the Bukola Saraki sponsored Fatai Ahmed of PDP. coque samsung Later in 2015 AbdulRahman AbdulRazak contested for the Senate under the PDP against Bukola Saraki of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
It was only in the year 2019 that Sarakis were defeated as the AbdulRazaq family won all the seats they sponsored and supported under APC, including that of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as governor, against Saraki’s sponsored candidate, Razak Atunwa of the PDP.
