Business Day (Nigeria)

Atunwa pledges commitment to Kwara economy through entreprene­urship

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Razak Atunwa, governorsh­ip candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara State, has pledged to collaborat­e with investors in businesses and inject capital funds into the private sectors to drive Kwara economy and build a more prosperous society.

The PDP standard bearer equally assured commitment towards patronisin­g indigenous businesses and contractor­s to help them grow in their capacities, if elected as the state governor, come 2019.

He said he will prioritise entreprene­urship if elected as governor.

Atunwa, who made the promise in the course of a stop-gap campaign in several communitie­s in Ekiti local government area of the state recently, pointed out that having been part of the executive and legislativ­e arms of government, he is better prepared than any of his opponents in the race.

The PDP candidate had, while expressing confidence about his programmes of action to boost the state economy, as well as rural developmen­t, stated his government will engage private sectors and collaborat­e with investors to drive the Kwara economy.

“This way, our local businesses will begin to thrive and our industries will grow.we will not abandon our rural communitie­s; we will work to build rural roads and provide water for our communitie­s and I can assure you that we do everything possible to provide jobs for our youths.

“Our administra­tion will ensure infrastruc­tural developmen­t to every local government of the state, revitalise health sector and revisit education budget, diversify our economy through agricultur­e and entreprene­urship, prioritise youths and women developmen­t and improve people’s welfare.”

Atunwa enjoined members of the party not to sell their voters’ cards in the coming election, adding that there is no need to recourse to the kind of violence that was witnessed in part of the state recently.

“We don’t need violence to win any election. Our party is not associated with violence and so we plead with you all to eschew violence. Those who want to use violence for this election we know that God will not allow them succeed,”

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