Kwara Elite Youth Movement (KEYM) has held a press briefing on the issue of the 2023 Kwara State ministerial appointment at Fate Road, Ilorin.
The press which was delivered by Hon Yahya Toyin Oloyin on behalf of Kwara Elite Youth Movement (KEYM) on May 12th, 2023.
The association in their released press stood firmly and chose Amb. Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki as their preferred candidate for the Kwara ministerial slot.
Kwara Elite Youth Movement (KEYM) is the Socio-Political Group which was created to build the capacity of youths, promote collaboration, exchange ideas among Kwara youths as well as strengthen solidarity support for youths in difficult circumstances. The Network of KEYM has since grown across the length and breadth of Kwara State. It is a functional group in Kwara born to promote youth participation in politics, a state network of youth activists, scholars and practitioners.
The press reads;
KEYM members do not only aim at building the future of youths but also to build the youth for the future. KEYM serves as a platform for youth to address the importance of promoting democratic values, an avenue for sharing information and ideas and the voice of Kwarans.
Things to know about Amb. Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki Gambari
Born about five decades ago in Kaduna State and brought up in Jos and Maiduguri, Amb. Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki Gambari is a politician, successful business mogul and philanthropist whose politics began in Kwara as far back as 2007 and he has ever since, been a constant contestant and dedicated political stakeholder in the State.
Investment
Amb. Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki before joining politics is a successful businessman and is the Chairman of Kursi Investments Ltd with areas of specialization spreading across Agriculture, Oil and Gas and as well Mining.
Community Impacts And Philanthropy Status
Amb. Yahaya Seriki is a well-known philanthropist, Community builder and pro-people personality. In his private capacity, he has invested in human capital development, discovered and built many young individuals.
He has over the years focuses on assisting the poorest of the poor, women, the elderly, youths and persons living with a disability. All these have endeared him to the masses and made him to be people’s choice.
Political journey and roles played
Prior to Kwara 2019 Governorship primary election in which he was himself an aspirant, Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki having studied and acknowledged the similarities in both his manifesto and that of the then co-aspirant, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, was the first among others to step down from the race to declared his full supports and collapsed his structures in favour of Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. He was then one of the strongest stakeholders and champions in the “O TO GE” struggle that fought for the liberation of Kwarans and put an end to the 40 years of the hegemony of the Saraki Dynasty
These commitments and sacrifices earned him the position of Director General of the 2019 APC Governorship Campaign Council where he worked extraordinarily and contributed both financially and physically to the eventual emergence of Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq as the winner of the 2019 Governorship election.
Again in 2023, H.E Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq having realized the positive contributions, loyalty, sacrifices and the large voting power as commanded by Amb. Yahaya Seriki, he was again appointed as the Director General of his campaign and the election was again won with a landslide margin.
Why Amb. Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki is considered to be the best for the post.
Many other aspirants did not only frustrate the efforts of AbdulRazaq since his early days in the saddle, but they also abandoned the APC buildup to the 2023 general election seeing that their desperation to bring the man down did not succeed. But Yahaya Seriki stood apart; he remained with the governor during these travails. That’s why he deserves to be called the last man standing
Yahaya Seriki is a great politician in his class, a grassroots mobiliser with street credibility and a fan base within the youth, women and elite demographics. He threw all his weight behind Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq and the APC. In the 2015 election, he was also Northcentral Coordinator for Youth, the same role he served in the 2023 general election at the Presidential Campaign Council level. He was at the same time Director General of the Kwara APC Campaign Council who led the ruling party to victory against all odds both in the presidential/NASS elections and the gubernatorial/House of Assembly elections. Yahaya Seriki is a master strategist and bridge builder.
Under his leadership as DG of Kwara APC Campaign Council in the just concluded general election, he delivered 100 per cent in the first leg of the election, winning the presidency for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and clearing all the National Assembly seats.
For the record, Asiwaju garnered 263,572 votes to beat Atiku who followed him distantly with 136,909 votes. In the second leg of the election, APC also retained the governorship seat and clinched 23 out of the 24 state assembly seats. Yahaya Seriki was the political warhorse who led the APC to victory in these instances.
Based on all the above-mentioned facts, contributions, sacrifices, antecedents, humanitarian services as well as his enormous wealth of experiences both politically and business-wise, we believe there can be no better person that can be described as the most suited and right for the job as Amb. Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki Gambari. He is a round peg in a round hole.
On this note, we the Kwara Elite Youth Movement and many other youths of likeminded hereby endorse and declare our total and unshaken support for Amb. Abdulfatai Yahaya Seriki as our preferred choice of person for this key Ministerial position from Kwara State. The only one in whom we have our pleasant and complete trust.
We are therefore using this medium to call on the President-elect H.E Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to grant us this one request. We also call on H.E Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and implore all authorities concerned to support and work toward the actualization of this beautiful request.