…Gov AbdulRazaq confirms lawmaker as “Mr. Empowerment”
By Opeyemi Adeoti
Barely a week after emerging Nigerian best lawmaker in constituency outreach, Honourable member representing Share/Oke-Ode Constituency in the 9th Kwara State House of Assembly, Owolabi Olatunde Rasaq on Sunday 4th of December, 2022 empowered constituents once again.
At the grand empowerment event, Owolabi also inaugurated his campaign team tagged, Owooo Campaign Council for his reelection come 2023 in his country home, Babanloma in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state where Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq paid a surprise visit to grace the occasion.
Apart from many unannounced gestures to the widows, youths, aged and others, the event makes it the 5th mega empowerment by the lawmaker in less than 4 years in office.
Items distributed are 7 motorcycles to 7 different youths and a huge amount of cash shared amongst not less than 60 widows to boost their standard of living.
After handing over the keys of the motorbikes and envelopes to the beneficiaries on behalf of the lawmaker amidst a large crowd, the governor affirmed that no one has done what Owolabi has done in the history of the Constituency, confirming him as indeed “Mr. Empowerment”.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq tasked the constituents to support him totally calling on the aggrieved to work together with him for the success of the party at all categories.
“What Owolabi does surprises me as a person. What we want is the way forward, the state will also launch her campaign team soon and as Owolabi has launched his, the next is for the work to begin” he said.
The governor cautioned the people to stop saying the party has emerged without voting, charging everyone to canvass for the success of the party.
While responding, Hon. Owolabi thanked the governor for the love and care for him and his constituents, assuring the governor that the people of Ifelodun are for APC in totality.
The lawmaker said the reason behind the empowerment is to fulfill the promises made to some people, adding that his mind was never at rest until now that he has redeemed the pledges.
In his opening’s speech, the Owooo Campaign DG, Alhaji Tajudeen Adedotun, described Hon. Owolabi as the best lawmaker in the history of Share/Oke-Ode Constituency, adding that the feat is not unconnected to the proactiveness of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in running the affairs of the state.
Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the local government led by Elder Nickolas Agboola said, it is clear that Owolabi is one out of a million as he is emulating the leadership pattern of the governor.
They affirmed that what the governor has done in Kwara is unprecedented and the only option for Kwarans is to vote him the second time for continuity of good governance.
The elders charged the governor not to be bothered or distracted by the mischief makers, saying the prosecution against him will continue because he is not ready to neglect the masses and be sharing public funds amongst party men.
Below are the names of the motorcycles’ beneficiaries
*ALHAJI YAHAYA ABUBAKAR – OKE-ODE III
*RASAQ ZAKARIYAU (OBE) – OKE-ODE III
*YEMI ISHOLA OGBE – ORO-AGO
*TUNDE MOBOLAJI ALULA – SHARE II
*ISIAKA ADEOTI – SHARE V
*TAIYE OLAIYA – SHARE V
*SANNI JULA – SHARE I7
Names of the cash beneficiaries are as follows;
SHARE l
1 YUSUF ASMAU
2 MUHAMMED AMINA
3 JIMOH MARIAMO
4 ASIATA SANNI
5 SIKIRU IDAYAT
SHARE II
1 SALIU AWAWU FULANI
2 AMODU RODIAT
3 MUSTAPHA NIMOTA
4 ABDULGANIYU NIMOTA
5 ABDULGANIYU DADA
SHARE III
1 AMOSA HABIBAT
2 AFOLAYAN TITILAYO
3 ABIODUN ADAM
4 IBRAHIM SALAMOTU
5 LAWAL MARIAM
SHARE IV –
1 ADEITAN TITILAYO
2 AREMU DEBORAH
3 OMOMOSE LIMOTA
4 SALIU MEMUNAT
5 YAKUBU SIKIRAT
SHARE IV – (2)
1 MALEEK BALIKIS
2 AHMED BAMIDELE
SHARE V
1 USMAN IYABO
2 JIYAH RACHEAL
3 IBIROGBA ALADE
4 FELICIA FALOWO
5 TAIYE OLAIYA
LAFIAGI
1 ADETORO BIMPE
2 ADEBOLA RAFAT ABOLORE
3 RANTIOLA VICTORIA
YAKUBA ILORIN
1 ISIAKA GANIYAT
2 MALEEQ HALIMAT
OKE ANDI ILORIN
1 ABDULQADIR TAWAKALITU
2 DAUDA MARIAM
BODE-SAADU
1 AHMED HABIBAT
JEBBA
1 USMAN SILIFAT
KPANGBE
1 IBRAHIM FATIMA
2 IBRAHIM ZARATU
OKE-ODE I
1 KARIMU BINTU
2 YEKINI AFUSAT
3 LATIFAT ALABI
4 RASHIDAT SANNI
5 SALAMATU ALIU
OKE-ODE II
1 AYILARA SABITIYU
2 ABDULRAHMAN AFUSAT
3 FATIMA UMARU
4 MULIKAT YUSUF
5 SERAH AYILARA
OKE-ODE III
1 MADAM AMIDU SALIMAU
2 MADAM AFUSAT YAKUBU
3 ISIAKA RALIAT
4 MADAM AYINLA AMINAT AJOKE
5 MADAM SETO AJARAT
ILE-IRE
1 OLAOSEBIKAN CHRISTIANA
2 OLADIMEJI FUNKE BAMIDELE
3 ALABELAPO HAMDALLAH AYOOLA
4 RUTH ADUKE OGUNDEJI
5 MUNIRAT ADEYEMI
ORO-AGO
1 MONISOLA MUSTAPHA
2 ELIZABETH O. AJIBOLA
3 CECILIA DADA
4 SALAWU OMOYENI
5 VICTORIA OGUNDEJI
The Campaign Council are listed below
Director General – Overall – Alh. Tajudeen O. Adedotun
Deputy Director General – Waheed Monmodu Oke-Ode II
Director – Finance & Disbursement – Hon. Hakeem Kolawole Share III
Director – Media and Publicity – (1) Kola Moses Oke-Ode II
Deputy Director – (2) Adeoti Opeyemi
Deputy Director – (3) Onibonoje O. Maruf
Director – Women Affairs & Associations – Alh. Kuburat Omolola
Deputy Director – Women Affairs & Associations – Medinat Adebayo
Director – Legal Matters – Alade Tayo – Ilere
Director – Youth Engagement – (1) Lateef Oni – Oro-Ago
Assistant Director – (2) Akin Oloruntoba – Ile-Ire
Coordinator of Elders (1) Engr. Buramoh – Ile-Ire
Coordinator of Elders – (2) Engr. Daramola – Oro-Ago
Coordinator of Elders – (3) Elder Nicholas Agboola – Share III
Director – Security (1) Kabir Kadri – Share V
Assistant Director – (2) Wahab Falola – Share III
Director – Transport & Logistic (1) Bello Rasaq – Share IV
Assistant Director – (2) Alhaji Yekinni – Share II
Assistant Director – (3) Oguntayo Francis – Share IV
Director – Contact & Mobilization (1) Abdulsalam Muritala O. – Share I
Assistant Director – (2) Alhaja Fausat – Oke-Ode III
Assistant Director – (3) Musilimat Raji – Oke-Ode I
Assistant Director – (4) Alhaja Risikat Adelokun – Share I
Assistant Director – (5) Wulemat Ojewale – Share III
Director – Food Supply – Mrs. Alabi Rosephin
Coordinators in Diaspora – (1) Mohammed Abdulfatai
Coordinators in Diaspora – (2) Shuaib Sikiru
Deputy Director General – (2) Aminat Abdulkareem – Share II