The Renewed Hope Youth Engagement (RHYE), Kwara State Chapter, has noted a statement by a group called Coalition of Kwara APC Young Stakeholders (CKAYS) alleging that the Kwara State Government under Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq denied approval for a Renewed Hope Conference.
We find it unfounded and ironic.
How can anyone question Governor AbdulRazaq’s commitment to President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda when he is the primary financier of RHYE Kwara – the youth platform mandated to mobilise young people for the President’s agenda in the state?
RHYE is not abstract. It is an organised movement, and the Governor has been its principal supporter and financier in Kwara. That fact alone should end the attempt to portray him as opposed to the President’s agenda.
If Governor AbdulRazaq were afraid of the Renewed Hope message, why would he fund the youth movement taking that message to the grassroots?
Secondly, President Tinubu’s trust in the Governor is clear. The President appointed Governor AbdulRazaq as Chairman of the Renewed Hope Ward Development Programme Committee. Such strategic appointment reflects confidence in his loyalty and competence. The President’s confidence speaks louder than political allegations.
For the avoidance of doubt, RHYE Kwara has no knowledge of any conference by CKAYS or any denial by government. If CKAYS stands by its claim, let it provide evidence:
1. When was the application submitted?
2. To which agency?
3. What venue and date?
4. Which authority denied it?
5. Where is the written proof?
Serious allegations require verifiable evidence, not insinuations.
RHYE Kwara will not allow the President’s name to be used to create friction between the President and a Governor he trusts. A Governor who funds the President’s youth movement cannot be described as an enemy of the agenda.
We remain focused on our mandate – mobilising Kwara youth for President Tinubu and communicating the achievements of the Renewed Hope Agenda. Kwara is firmly in the Renewed Hope family.
*Signed:*
_Abdulmumeen Abubakar_
*Media Directorate*
*RHYE, Kwara State Chapter*