The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the 2023 general election in Kwara State, Alhaji Shuaib Yaman Abdullahi, has promised to provide 20,000 jobs through cotton production if elected governor in the 2023 elections.
Abdullahi made the pledge in Ilorin yesterday while featuring in the personality interview programme tagged: ‘News Keg’ of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the state NUJ in Ilorin.Abdulahi, who said the axis of Baruten and Kaiama Local Government Areas of the state could boast of cotton production, added that the crop production business would be encouraged with the establishment of ginnery to create jobs in the textile sector without state government financial inputs.
He said the plans he has on power generation would also make cost of production of cotton to be competitive. The PDP governorship candidate, who said a good leader should be creative, imaginative and be a problem-solving personality, added that the state lacked good leadership.
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