Knowing that the development of Kwara State requires competent hands at all levels, after consultations with party stakeholders, Atunwa chose Hon. The gap in experience between both candidates is further expanded by the choices of their running-mates in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections.

This development led to the resuscitation of First Fuels Ltd., which, alongside 49 other companies, participated in NNPC’s illegal awards of over $25billion in contracts without due process. However, after President Muhammadu Buhari came into power in 2015, Abdulrahman’s younger brother, Isiaka Abdulrazaq, became the Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). An alleged secondary school graduate - whose credentials are still the topic of controversy in the public arena - Abdulrahman came up by utilising the connections of his family to start a petroleum portfolio business that has been involved in several contentious dealings over the years.Ībdulrahman, who presents himself as an oil magnate to the public, acquired his wealth through First Fuels Ltd., a company that was largely stagnant after the 2011 fuel subsidy probes that exposed billions of dollars in corruption in Nigeria’s oil sector. On the other hand, Atunwa’s opponent, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman, champions his main selling-point as being a son of the first Northern lawyer in Nigeria, Alhaji A.G. Known fondly by the moniker, “Atunwa One”, throughout his life in the public service, the former Speaker has presented himself as an approachable, inspiring and empathetic leader, who always puts the needs of his constituents above his own. Honourable Razak Atunwa, the candidate for Kwara State Governor on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), served as a Commissioner in five different Ministries between the years 20, following which, he became the Honourable Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly.Ī United Kingdom-trained lawyer, Atunwa, who currently represents Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency, in the 8th National Assembly, also has a Masters of Law Degree in Public International Law, a distinction that earned him his appointment as the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Justice, where he has spearheaded several oversight initiatives. Please, permit me to tell you how it goes.īorn on 17th October 1969, Rt. This is Kwara’s story as we head into the Mageneral elections. It is also a story about choice and human nature. It is an account of a people-centred leader, competing against a merciless businessman. It is a tale of an achiever, placed side-by-side against a non-starter. It is a tale of hard work versus exploitation merit versus nepotism competence versus ineptitude, and experience pitted against cluelessness.

This is a tale of two leaders, and it is one that has been told throughout history in many forms.

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