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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday denied that the state government was behind the popular musical concert that featured pop star Wizkid in Ilorin, adding however that the event was a welcome development and could be a springboard to promote entertainment and get local talents hooked to other talents from outside the state.

“Our primary concern is the safety of lives and properties. For us, we don’t want anything that would scare investors away from our state because Kwara is a state of harmony,” AbdulRazaq said in a short address to an Army delegation to the Kwara State Government House, led by the new General Officer Commanding 2 Division of the Nigerian Army, Anthony Bamidele Omozoje.

“Democracy is all about the people. It is meaningless when the people are shut out of the processes of governance which in fact revolves around them and their wellbeing. This is the reason we have called this meeting to allow you to make inputs into the budget process,” AbdulRazaq said at a town hall meeting on citizens’ engagement in budget process in Ilorin, where citizens suggested things they want reflected in the budget.

“Our attention is drawn to a statement this evening by former Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Ali Ahmad in which he, among other things, accused the state government of hunting the opposition or accusing members of the 8th Assembly of siphoning money,” Rafiu Ajakaye, spokesman for Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said in a statement.