Kwara State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, on Monday in Lagos bagged the City People’s Award for the Best Governor in Youth Empowernment.
The Kwara CEO was honoured at the colourful City People’s Political Excellence Awards 2014 and his award was received on his behalf by His Special Adviser on Communication Strategy, Abdulraheem Adedoyin who promptly dedicated it to the great people of Kwara state, most especially the teeming youth that have have keyed enthuastically into the Ahmed Administration’s Shared Prosperity’s programmes.
In giving the award to Gov. Ahmed, City People cited the governor’s inspirational programmes in gainfully engaging the youth of Kwara through revolutionary platforms especially the nationally-acclaimed Kwara Bridge Empowerment Scheme(KWABES).
The organisers noted Gov. Ahmed’s 2000 jobs for KWABES applicants, 2000 permanent jobs for the youth, creation of data base for job recruitment, and the planned employment of 5000 people, mostly youth, this year.
Accepting the award on behalf of Gov. Ahmed, Adedoyin spoke eloquently about the key achievements of the Kwara CEO, especially in the area of youth engagement and with particular emphasis on the innovative Kwara Bridge Empowerment Scheme ( KWABES) intervention programmes.
Alluding to the recent change of political party by the governor, Adedoyin told the audience: ” We have changed political platform in Kwara state but the ideas and energy that have driven governance under Maigida, as Kwarans fondly call their governor, remain unchanged and in fact reinvigorated. And as the governor has said very often, Kwara remains firmly in the hands of the tested political leadership under Senator Bukola Saraki.”
Kwarans on hand to honour Gov Ahmed at the ceremony include Moshood Mustapha of the House of Representives, his colleague in the House, Rafiu Jimoh, the president of Kwara Professionals in Lagos, Victor Kolade, a doyen of Nollyhood, Bello Salami (Oga Bello), his actor-son, Femi Salami, Wale Jimoh of KPL and leaders of Kwara community In Lagos.
