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Presidential candidate of New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, will be dialoguing with South West people on Monday, January 30, 2023 at a presidential parley organised by the South West Development Stakeholders Forum (SWDSF), at the Jogor Centre, Ibadan.
The NNPP flag-bearer, like the other invited leading candidates, will address grassroots South West interests and associations across party, religious, ethnic affiliations and the diaspora associations on how he would support the region to execute its existing blueprint for an integrated railway system, power infrastructure, security and development of mineral resources to allow for maximum exploration of the region’s abundant human and natural resources, as spelt out by the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN), a non-partisan commission jointly owned by all six Yoruba states for the region’s security and socio-economic development.
Earlier, Peoples Redemption Party, Kola Abiola, and African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, had dialogued with SWDSF on Tuesday, January 17, while Social Democratic Party, Adewole Adebayo, and Atiku Abubakar of Peoples Democratic Party had their turn on Thursday, January 19, 2023.
According to SWDSF Chairman, Alao Adedayo, fresh invitations have been sent to Bola Ahmed Tinubu of All Progressives Congress and Peter Obi of the Labour Party to meet with the people of the South West on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 when the parleys will be rounded up.
In another development, renowned veteran and award-winning filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, also known as TK, has thrown his weight behind the SWDSF and announced his membership of the forum.
TK attributed his success in life to a solid foundation laid by the Western Region government, led by the late Obafemi Awolowo and assisted by the late Samuel Ladoke Akintola and others.
He described as sad and disheartening the reality that the Yoruba have lost their enviable glory today.
“The time and opportunity to serve have come with SWDSF. I hope it is not just a forum but a platform for action,” he said.
