Kwara state Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, has cautioned religious and political leaders in the state against hate speeches and incitements. Th e governor, who handed down the warning yesterday during a stakeholders meeting with various religious, political, labour leaders and members of security and executive councils, cautioned against utterances which could overheat the polity.
While emphasising the need for constructive criticism for improved governance, Ahmed stressed that criticism must be separated from incitements. On outstanding salaries at local government level, he challenged serving Transition Implementation Committees (TIC) and prospective local government chairmen to show capacity to raise revenues.
He said that local government councils in the state had not done enough in revenue generation. “Councils’ business has moved beyond reliance on federal allocation for survival to a new level, where council authorities must be resourceful by thinking outside the box to raise their revenues internally to augment payment of salaries and execute developmental projects”. Also speaking, the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Lawan Ado said that hate speeches would be treated as terrorism in line with the directive of Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the recently held National Economic Council Security Summit in Abuja.
