THE GOLDEN TIMES

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ilorin East and South Federal Constituency, Hon. Abdulwahab Oladimeji Issa has inaugurated his Campaign Council with a call for massive votes for him and other candidates of the party in the next month's general elections. It would be recalled that Hon. Abdulwahab Oladimeji Issa of the People's Democratic Party in Ilorin East and South Federal Constituency had earlier constituted a 1,300-man campaign council which comprised 20 Directorates, 80% of which were equally youths and women moderately selected across all the 23 wards in the two local government areas and headed by Hajia Aisha Bodunrin Ibrahim.  Inaugurating the council today in Oke-Oyi/Oke-Ose/ Alalubosa and Ibagun wards in Ilorin East Local Government, Hon. Wahab urged members to be strategic, committed, civil and law-abiding in the discharge of their responsibilities in their various wards, before, during and after the polls.  The candidate who was ably represented by...

The leadership of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in Kwara State has adopted the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for Ilorin East and South Federal Constituency, Hon. Abdulwahab Oladimeji Issa for the February 25th National Assembly elections.  This resolution was unanimously reached during a meeting organised by the State Chairman of the party Chief Dele Ogunbajo with the Central Executive Council and other notable members of the party in Ilorin East and South Local Governments which are one of the strongholds of the party in the state.  A party stalwart of the YPP who spoke under the condition of anonymity exclusively revealed the stance of the party after a meeting with the leadership of the PDP during a closed meeting in Basin, Ilorin, recently.  According to the source, "there is no serious-minded person in Ilorin East and South today who will deny the fact that Hon. Wahab Issa is the most viable candidate in the forthcoming election, and therefore...

  Aliu Ahmad Gold  20th January is here again, when we all converge to celebrate an outstanding patriot, a selfless leader and a peacemaker, whose strides in public life have continued to testify for him across lands and borders. We are celebrating the life of a man who has kept faith with this vision, channelling his strength and time in pursuit of an egalitarian society. He is a servant leader and a good man; the type that is hard to find in the current Nigerian political setting.  Across and beyond Ilorin emirate, Hon. Abdulwahab Oladimeji Issa needs no introduction. As one of the few wealthy people around a multitude of the needy, he has become an icon of enterprise with a deep sense of compassion for the less privileged. His is a story of patriotism, a life well-lived in service to the people and humanity. He has given meaning to the lives of the people around him and exceedingly those he knew nothing about their backgrounds.  Wahab Issa’s sense of empathy is un...

  • Harps On Issue-Based Campaign  The candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) for Ilorin East and South Federal Constituency, Hon. Abdulwahab Oladimeji Issa has appointed Hon. Bodunrin Aisha Ibrahim, Hon. Abdullahi Ayuba Olaitan, Alh. Toyin Kajola, Alh. Yakub Olateju into his campaign council, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Hon. Bodunrin Aisha Ibrahim is to serve as the Director General, while Hon. Abdullahi Ayuba Olaitan, Alh. Toyin Kajola and Alh. Yakub Olateju would serve as Deputy Director-Generals of the campaign council.  According to a statement by the Press Secretary to the candidate, Aliu Ahmad Gold, on Thursday, said the campaign council is composed of 1,300 members, 20 directorates, 20 Advisers, with 40% women and 40% youth.  The statement also confirmed that the campaign members are divided into committees and sub-committees which include voting unit canvassers, women, youths, students' mobilisation, media, legal, strategy, logistics and m...