Why Kwara North 2023 project must be achieved by all of us? Message to the selfish and propagandist in our midst

By 

Musa Idris Buko

"May Allah forgive us, and all ignorants that not only say; but talk about what they have no knowledge, facts, and those who believe, work with and live in lies, propaganda, rumours, slander, and utmost darkness of misinformation and crass sycophancy. On the Day of Judgment, we would account for what we say, write, and actions connected therewith. I laugh when I see people write all sort of things that would earn them punishment on the Day of judgment, except of course they repent and seek the forgiveness of those affected. I think Nigerians should not take politics as a joke, and "dirty" as erroneously deemed. It is a real business, for if we get it wrong, like in most cases, mediocrity becomes the order of the day, and of course, time and resources running into trillions go into the drain. We cannot continue to experiment with human lives, resources, and the future of our coming generations. 

I painstakingly perused the first to the third sentences of the writer, I saw him in the category of people earlier described in my introduction, and also an obvious brown-noser. 

The writer and his co-travellers are either insincere, blinded by obsession of partisan politics and stomach infrastructure, or crassly ignorant about Kwara, governance and politics at the minimum. Otherwise, one wonders how a true son of Baruten or Kwara North at that would ask; 

1. "Are we truly being marginalized?"

2. "When has all this started"?

3. "When do we realized being marginalized"?

But then, people like us will never get tired of schooling mischievous citizens with facts in the interest of good governance beyond mediocrity, and also altruism above falsehood, lies, propaganda and blackmail. 

My simple response to his first question, which he knows deep inside him to be altruistically Yes, remains a yes. 

On "when has all this started"? It started since the creation of the State in 27th May, 1967, sustained by previous goverments and even crescendoed under this administration you worship godly. 

"When do we realized being marginalized"? This is a relative question, because people like him (and co-travellers are still in the darkness of not knowing of being marginalized. For me, I realized and know we were, and are still being marginalized as far back as 1997 till date. 

Conclusively, it is crystal clear that the genuine advocacy of KN2023 is giving some people insomnia after the huge success of a political party's righteous, fair, just, equitable and democratic zoning of its gubernatorial flag for 2023 to Kwara North, which is very laudable. I have heard and read that it is a "PDP or Saraki's back-door" strategy to regain power in 2023, what a deliberate distortion of facts.

In 2019 elections, APC erroneously justifies its decision of choosing a candidate from another zone, due to Saraki and PDP's setting the pace. Alas! The same PDP and Saraki's democratic decision now tilts to Kwara North in 2023, and we see it other than what it is? The hypocrisy of those holding these views is first-class.

Meanwhile, Baruten LGA is the wealthiest LGA in Kwara. It is the 2nd largest demographically, the largest landmass in Kwara, and second largest in Nigeria. It has consistently maintained the highest F.A earning from atleast Jan. 2003 to December 2019, with more than #32.4 Billion. Had the highest IGR contribution to the State between 2015-2016, and also the highest internal IGR in 2020. The LGA tops the food and cash crops production in Kwara, have the largest grazing reserves as well as huge livestock endowment. My "Barutem" is the only international border community in Kwara, with 71 border communities to the Republic of Benin, constituting more than 50% of Nigeria's about 800km border stretch with the country. The LGA also has the highest number of First Class traditional rulers in Kwara State. 

Amazingly, Baruten in 2020 has the highest number of communities connected without power supply, second highest number of communities without power supply, third largest communities without gsm network, with no single non-administrative, strategic Federal Institution, State owned or Federal functional secondary or tertiary educational institution, State owned or Federal tertiary health facility etc. If we extend same enquiries and comparison to Senatorial Districts, even a blind would not raise the question of the huge infrastructural and development differences in the State. 

I think people should squarely face their business of chosen political orientation for 2023, without ignorance of saying or writing tommyrots, lies, propaganda and phobia for KN2023, which will inevitably dawn in just a matter of time."

Musa Idris Buko