Kwara North Agenda: It is Hypocrisy, Not Equity, If Moro LGA Gets Nothing
By: Ibraheem Olasunkanmi Qoseem
For Kwara APC, the last few weeks have been very intense and full of suspense. Every aspirant claimed anointing, preference, and consensus. Every day came with stories of federal might, Lagos allies, loyalty compensation, and grassroots acceptability, all of which were peculiar to different aspirants. One day, someone was preferred; another day, the decision was reversed to compensate for regional neglect. What is germane, however, is that the baton has now been passed to Kwara North to produce the APC gubernatorial candidate.
For this gesture, the Kwara Governor deserves his flowers. He made and has now fulfilled his promise to hand over to a son of the land that has over time been neglected in terms of major capital development, overtly disconnected from the national grid, and marginalized at both the national and state levels when it comes to juicy appointments.
The motorable roads will not only lead to Moro, Baruten, Kiama, Edu, and Patigi, but will also connect these areas to Kwara Central and South with significant socio-developmental impacts. Kwara North and South have resources that are locally useful and internationally attractive. A bridge is now here to connect local products to commercial hubs, if only Kwarans make it possible.
The Kwara North Agenda is premised on equity and fairness, an agenda that seeks to break the jinx of decades of political powerlessness. Kwara Central had it for about 20 years, and Kwara South had it for 8 years, and now it is the turn of the North. However, looking inward, Kwara North, whose advocacy has been deafening for this agenda, has irrationally been unfair to one of its regions—Moro Local Government Area. This is actually not the time to wail.
To present the case clearly, Kwara North has five LGAs, namely Baruten, Edu, Patigi, Kiama, and Moro. For the Senatorial seat, most of these LGAs have already had their fair share, with Moro being excluded. Also, for the Moro/Edu/Patigi Federal House of Representatives seat, Edu LGA represented for 12 years, while Patigi equally represented for 12 years, with Moro LGA having no taste of it, not even in dreams.
Now, some people would argue that politics does not respond to emotions, as though politics itself is not fundamentally about justice, fairness, and equity. As a matter of fact, Moro is not merely claiming this as a birthright, but also on the basis of competence, capacity, and electoral value, being the largest LGA in Kwara North with 17 wards. Anyone genuinely advocating equity for Kwara North must come with clean hands by supporting Moro LGA to clinch the APC House of Representatives ticket for the Moro/Edu/Patigi Federal Constituency.
Anything short of that is not equity but hypocrisy!
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