Ex-Kwara lawmaker wants Moro LG broken into three

By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal

Chief Stephen Oke, a Second Republic Majority Leader in the Kwara House of Assembly, has recommended division of Moro Local Government Area of the state into three LGAs.

Oke, made the call on Saturday in Ilorin during a news conference on the commencement of the maiden summit of Moro Descendants Development Union (MODDU).

He racalled that an independent local government was carved out of Moro during the military regime in the past but was later repealed.

The former lawmaker explained that Moro, as presently structured, was not indisposed to any genuine offer to make it a fulf-fledged State in the country.

He, however, hinted that the primary focus of the stakeholders is the total freedom of the local government area.

“It was recommended during the administration of former Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed for Moro to be divided into three local government areas as a step to allow the people of the area have sense of belonging in governance.

“leading figures in the local government have continued to advocate fair representation for Moro among its peers in the state,” he said.

Oke, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), stated that Moro will not go to the extent of asking for what is not possible.

“If we are given a state, we are not going to reject it but we are not going to ask for it now. We are satisfied with the local government but we want total freedom for our local government.

“And that is the basis for the summit we want to hold. That is the objective of Moro Descendants Development Union”, he said,” he said.

Also speaking, Alhaji Isiaka Jimoh said the maiden summit was targeted at emancipating the people of Moro from the shackles of underdevelopment and division plaguing them.

He added that the creation of MODDU would be used to encourage community development through entrepreneurship and skill acquisition for the people of the area to be relevant in the scheme of things.

According to him, Ayinde said, the Union was designed and intended to be a ‘Beacon of Hope’ for unity, development, progress and prosperity.

He added that it shall be dedicated to the emancipation of Moro Indigenes, through community development and promoting entrepreneurship and skill acquisition programmes.

A former state Commissioner for Information and Home Affairs in the state, Alhaji Abdulmumin Katibi, who also spoke at the briefing, said the summit was designed for indigenes of Moro to unite and guard against setting themselves against one another.

“People are free to affiliate to any political parties of their choice. But what we are saying is that Moro people, this time around, must come together.

“Our objective is that we must be united in our effort to ensure that Moro progresses,” he said. (NAN)

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