Kwara govt says it is worthwhile to mark Democracy Day[Nigerian Tribune]

KWARA State government has said that it is worthwhile to mark the nation’s Democracy Day, stressing that the anniversary indicates that hope for common man in this country is not lost. Reacting to insinuations by the opposition in the state that it is unnecessary to mark the anniversary due to prevalent insecurity in the country, the alternative chairman of the state’s May Day Committee, Dr Amuda Kannike, said a planned week-long programme of activities was to showcase and commission some dividends of democracy already embarked upon by the state government. He said some 5,200 youths from the state would be given employment under the
state’s Quick Win Empowerment programme as part of activities marking the third year anniversary of the incumbent administration in the state. “As a state, we are not insensitive to the plight and situation of the nation, but as Governor Ahmed said recently, ‘tough times do not last, tough people do’. “The options we have as a state is to be helpless in the situation that Nigeria has found itself. In the alternative, it is to say that we will mark the democracy day which is the last hope of the common man.,” he added.