Following the revocation of land belonging to the late Olusola Saraki by the Kwara State government, the governor has been warned against paying evil with evil.
Issa Aremu, the vice president of Industrial Global Union, who gave the warning yesterday while speaking with journalists on the sidelines of the 30th anniversary of Pakata Patriots, also cautioned Abdulrazaq from engaging in actions that may draw the people apart.
According to the labour leader, godliness is forgiveness and that is when one rewards evil with good deeds.
Aremu, who was part of the Otoge Movement in the last elections in the state; affirmed that the governor has the right to compel accountability in the state, but the land allocated to late Saraki shouldn’t be invoked upon since the said owner is no more.
The governorship aspirant in the 2019 gubernatorial election had while noting that the same spirit at which Kwarans united to send bad leadership out of power is needed to ensure the success of the administration, saying, he did not want anything that would create sympathy for those who have already created problems for the state.
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Aremu, equally encouraged Abdulrazaq to live like Nelson Mandela who despite the oppression and magnitude of land acquired by the white, never looked back, instead took South Africa to a greater height.
The labour leader, however, expressed happiness with the achievement of Abdulrazaq in the last seven months which includes the payment of counterpart found, prompt payment of salary, as he even says the governor is teaching other governors in the country that governance is about serving the people.
While hoping that Kwara will not be part of the loaming national industrial crisis, Aremu appealed to the governor to quickly set machinery in motion for the implementation of the new minimum wage.
He, commends the Pakata Patriots’ Ilorin for blazing the trail, saying that communities should be able to contribute their quota to the advancement of the various communities without waiting for the government at all the time as exemplified by the Pakata Patriots’ Ilorin.
