The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kwara State, Yakubu Salihu-Danladi, has defended his emergence as the party’s flag bearer ahead of the 2027 election. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and Nigerians have been reacting.
Denying claims that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq imposed him on the party, Danladi-Salihu, who is the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, stated that his seven years in charge of the legislature has equipped him with the experience required to lead the state.
He concluded by citing his ability to manage lawmakers with different interests without major rancour as evidence of his leadership capacity.
His words, “I’m not brought in by the governor. You engage me, you will know whether I am competent or not.
If I am not competent, my good friends, my colleagues, 23 of them; they would have removed me for the last seven years.
An individual to manage legislators, to manage the legislative arm of government for seven years without rancour, no problem, things are moving, you will know that that person is capable and competent.
People I am contesting with today, sincerely, I have more experience than any of them.
What is rubber stamp? If you are doing the right thing and you say this is the right thing, must I fight you? If the executive governor is doing the right thing, what is the essence of the legislator fighting the executive?
There is nothing this governor will bring to the Assembly that we were not carried along; before he even brings it, so what makes it a rubber stamp?
If they are saying rubber stamp, is there development in Kwara? If yes, why are they calling the Assembly a rubber stamp?
If no, that’s when they will challenge us. We have a lot of things to show that yes, we are not rubber-stamped. We have a goal.”
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