A group, Kwara South Forum (Youth Wing), has kicked against ministerial re-appointment of the immediate past Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Igbere TV reports.
The group in a statement issued to Igbere TV on Thursday, challenged Mohammed to name his achievements for the area since his four years in the office.
The statement was signed by representatives of the six local government councils that made up the senatorial district.
They are Kayode Adesina from Oyun Local Government Area; Deji Aina, Ekiti; Abdulrahman Oyinloye, Ifelodun; Rasheed Shogo, Offa; Sunday Adekeye, Isin and AbdulRahim Lawal, Oke-Ero.
The group said the call became necessary due to lack of responsibility to the people of the state he represented in the first tenure of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration.
The statement comes less than 24 hours after the Kwara South Elders’ Forum issued a similar statement, challenging the ex-Information minister to name his achivements.
“For clarity sake, Kwara South Elders’ Forum precedes APC, as it had been in existence over the years.
“It is on record that all the governorship candidates, including His Excellency, Alhaji Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, Senatorial and House of Representatives candidates from Kwara South all consulted the forum for endorsement and support in the last elections.
“That shows the recognition we all have for the forum.*
They said whoever that was working for the re-appointment of the ex-minister is promoting anti-people interest.
“They should let us unite and promote someone who will care about the welfare, interest and aspiration of Kwarans as a minister and not a greedy, self-centred person who is not interested in the development and progress of our dear state,” the statement read.
