Kwara Youths under the aegis of Coalition Groups of All Progressives Congress have protested the nomination of Alhaji Lai Mohammed as minister because he ‘didn’t contribute to the electioneering process in the state.’
Group Spokesman, Prince Adetoyese Omokanye who led the protesters to Ajase-Ipo,the political headquarters of Kwara South said “His permanent voter’s card(PVC) was registered and collected in Lagos and all his contributions for the emergence of APC at the federal level are through Lagos.
“He was not in Kwara all through the electioneering exercise and couldn’t influence our electoral successes at the poll. His son is presently a member of Lagos State House of Assembly.
“Our assumption was that two nominees have been taken from Lagos, Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola.
“To this end, we request that Mr President chose among qualified individuals with impeccable character from Kwara South senatorial district to represent the state at the federal council. Kwara south senatorial district is made up of seven local governments out of the sixteen in the entire state.
“We have great minds, success stories that could bring more and positive impacts to the nation building, people with unbeatable track records and have impacted positively to the social, political and economic integration of Kwara state. These groups contributed greatly to the success of APC at all levels in Kwara state.”
The state chairman, Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani also added that President Muhammadu Buhari did not consult the state before nominating Lai Mohammed.