Unchecked Corruption In Abdulrazaq's Govt Has Ruined Kwara Stadium - PDP
...Blames Governor for using Stadium Main Bowl for political rallies
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has expressed deep concern over the deplorable state of the Kwara State Stadium Complex, which has brought repeated national embarrassment to the state and recently led to its declaration as "unfit for use" by the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) management. These issues are testaments to the gross neglect and financial corruption under Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq's administration.
The PDP attributed the stadium's deteriorating condition to unchecked high-level corruption under the Abdulrazaq's administration, as well as the irresponsible use of the once glorious Main Bowl for political rallies by the APC. The unfortunate use of the Main Bowl of the stadium for the All Progressives Congress (APC) rallies signifies Abdulrahman's misplaced priorities and determination to ruin Kwara's legacies.
In a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, the Party said it is unfortunate that despite massive evidence of corruption and fund embezzlement advanced by the Kwara Football Association against the Kwara state government, upon which the organization withdrew its services from Kwara stadium in protest, Governor Abdulrazaq has not deemed it worthy to investigate this development despite overwhelming evidence advanced by the KFA.
Recently, the Kwara Football Association (KFA) accused the Abdulrahman government of misusing stadium funds. In protest of this massive corruption, the KFA withdrew its services from the stadium.
Kwarans will recall a report by Sahara Reporters in 2022, which accused Abdulrahman’s government of spending N72 million on a section of the stadium with no sign of any changes. Up till now, the government has yet to explain to the people of Kwara how this huge fund went down the drain.
Since the Otoge government, led by Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, came into power in 2019, Kwara has been taken 25 years backward behind its peers. The situation of the Kwara State Stadium is a reflection of Governor Abdulrazaq’s determination to dismantle Kwara’s legacies, particularly those linked to the Saraki regime, which are the true faces of modern-day Kwara.
If anyone, before now, had dreamt that the Kwara Stadium, which the Saraki administration upgraded from a 7,000-seater capacity to 26,000, could become a shadow of itself and no longer suitable to host even local sporting activities within six years, we would tell them to go back to sleep.
We challenge Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to account for all the millions spent on the stadium and ask him to apologize to Kwarans for hosting APC political rallies on the pitch, which caused the current troubles we are witnessing today. The state must conduct a thorough investigation into the corruption allegations made by the KFA and ensure that those responsible for the stadium's ruins are held accountable.
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