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She's a village girl

Eyiwunmi33:
Looking at her background, she is not from an elite family

That's obvious

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*A glimpse, into the life of Rukayat Shittu, 26-year-old APC candidate for Kwara Assembly*

Rukayat Shittu is a village girl, from Manyan village, Onire District in Asa local government area of Kwara State.

The 26-year-old APC candidate for Kwara State House of Assembly is a successful media practitioner with many years of experience in online journalism.

She was the former head of news department, in the most popular Kwara based online media outfit, Just Event Online Publication.

Rukayat attended Baptist LGEA School, Surulere in Ilorin between 1999 - 2005 and later continued her education at Government Day Secondary School, Otte in Asa local government between 2005 to 2008.

During one of her weekend travels to Ilorin from her school in Otte, she was involved in a fatal accident, which claimed several lives.

She was one of the few survivors, though not without life threatening injury. The scar on her lips, is a part of her survival story.

Rukayat completed her Senior Secondary School Education at the Government Girls Day Secondary School, Oko Erin, Ilorin in 2011.

In 2012, she got admission to the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies being affiliated to Bayero University, Kano where she obtained her diploma certificate in Mass Communication and Islamic Studies in 2015.

In furtherance of her youthful engagements, she decided to learn fashion designing, while in 2017 she got an admission to the National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN) and graduated from the department of Mass Communication in 2022.

During her undergraduate study at the National Open University of Nigeria, she combines studies with volunteering and enterprenuership.

Rukayat's quest for more knowledge led to participation in a series of workshops and training which includes;

* Introduction to digital Journalism Training
* International Media Training center workshop
* Emerging Women in Politics
* ITrain African Training
* Progressive Women Academy
* Youth in motion Fellowship
* Cyber Naija with Hashim Bootcamp
* UNICEF-Report

She also served in many capacities during her undergraduate days.

She functioned as the first female Senate president for Congress of National Open University of Nigeria Students (CONS) which covers about 85 study centers across the federation and also represented her study center (Kulende, Ilorin Study Centre) at the National level.

Rukayat is a member of leading pro-democracy group, Kwara Must Change, fashion enthusiast, entrepreneur, and advocate for women's and girlchild's rights in society.

She is the candidate of ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) for Owode/Onire Constituency Seat at Kwara House of Assembly in the 2023 election.

Her mother is from Alanamu in Ilorin West local government, while her dad is a native of Manyan village, in Asa local government.

She's a proud Nigerian and believer in the great future the country holds.

*Courtesy* : *RMS Campaign Organization*

boladale123:
Oloriegbe is the only performing senator from Kwara,but now he's out.
Ashiru performance has been the worse in recent time from Kwara South,and Ajuloopin would have been a good candidate to face professor wale Suleiman in that region.
Sadiq is also a less performer in the north but had the backing of the governor going on.
All in all, next year general elections in Kwara shall be filled with New comers from various parties.
The major issue is who could face a non performing governor?
SDP and NNPP will surprise the old order.

This is not true.

Senator Sadiq Umar from Kwara North did better than all other lawmakers in the state.

*A glimpse, into the life of Rukayat Shittu, 26-year-old APC aspirant for KWHA*

Rukayat Shittu is a village girl, from Manyan village, Onire District in Asa local government area of Kwara State.

The 26-year-old APC Kwara State House of Assembly aspirant is a successful media practitioner with many years of experience in journalism.

She was the former head of news department, in the most popular Kwara based online media outfit, Just Event Online Publication.

Rukayat attended Baptist LGEA School, Surulere in Ilorin between 1999 - 2005 and later continued her education at Government Day Secondary School, Otte in Asa local government between 2005 to 2008.

During one of her weekend travels to Ilorin from her school in Otte, she was involved in a fatal accident, which claimed several lives.

She was one of the few survivors, though not without life threatening injury. The scar on her lips, is a part of her survival story.

Rukayat completed her Senior Secondary School Education at the Government Girls Day Secondary School, Oko Erin, Ilorin in 2011.

In 2012, she got admission to the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies being affiliated to Bayero University, Kano where she obtained her diploma certificate in Mass Communication and Islamic Studies in 2015.

In furtherance of her youthful engagements, she decided to learn fashion designing, while in 2017 she got an admission to the National Open University Of Nigeria (NOUN) and graduated from the department of Mass Communication in 2022.

During her undergraduate study at the National Open University of Nigeria, she combines studies with volunteering and enterprenuership.

Rukayat's quest for more knowledge led to participation in a series of workshops and training which includes;

* Introduction to digital Journalism Training
* International Media Training center workshop
* Kwara Emerging Women in Politics
* ITrain African Training
* Progressive Women Academy
* Youth in motion Fellowship
* Cyber Naija with Hashim Bootcamp
* UNICEF-Report
*SpaceForHer Fellowship

She also served in many capacities during her undergraduate days.

She functioned as the first female Senate president for Congress of National Open University of Nigeria Students (CONS) which covers about 85 study centers across the federation and also represented her study center (Kulende, Ilorin Study Centre) at the National level.

Rukayat is a member of leading pro-democracy group, fashion enthusiast, entrepreneur, and advocate for women's and girlchild's rights in society.

Presently, she is one of the contenders for the Owode/Onire Constituency Seat at Kwara House of Assembly in the 2023 election under the platform of the All Progressives Congress.

Her mother is from Alanamu in Ilorin West local government, while her dad is a native of Manyan village, in Asa local government.

She's a proud Nigerian and believer in the great future the country holds.

*Courtesy* : *RMS Campaign Organization*

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26 year old Rukkayyat Shittu, a fresh graduate from NOUN has obtained APC nomination form to contest Kwara Assembly seat for Owode-Onire state constituency.

She wrote


Earlier today, I picked up my expression of interest and nomination forms to contest the Owode Onire Constituency seat at the Kwara State House of Assembly.

As I wrote in my declaration statement, this campaign is not about me; it is about you; it is about the future of this constituency. Let our stories be told for generations to come, our journey will not end at the poll; we will get to work and ensure quality representation.

#RMS #KwaraPolitics #Governance #WomenPolitician #Alhamdulillah #Ilorin #Asa #OwodeOnire #Myconstituency

yetunsbay:
of course BAT would definitely compensate everyone will one post or other.

I prefer PYO to BAT thou buh never can the former defeat latter in primary

If everything goes right, both Bat and Tinubu will loose to Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim

Delly4real:
. Thanks my sister, I remember him. I think since 2003.

Gbenga built the foundation for Kwara liberation.

He will do the same for Nigeria

FORMER Presidential Candidate and a Chieftain of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, has said that leaders of the party would not allow the gains that came with the liberation of Kwara State in the 2015 election to be reversed despite the current schism by some political stakeholders in Kwara.


According to a statement, Olawpo-Hashim spoke during a courtesy visit to the Governor of Kwara State, Mallam Abdulraham , Abdulrazaq, yesterday.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/11/we-wont-allow-kwara-return-to-slavery-says-olawepo-hashim/amp/

geosuzzy:
Same Saraki mole that usually contest kwara governatorial elections every 4years back then. Take this guy serious at ur own peril. He was always use to divide vote in kwara state back then....politics na shine shine bobo....the more u look the less u see

Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim is the same person who built the foundation that metamorphosed into Otoge that eventually sent Saraki parking.

The sarakite won't like that.

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq made this known recently.

If not for Gbenga, Kwara may still be under Saraki dynasty

dominique:
This Hashim guy is also contesting for presidency under APC. Maybe I should join APC so I can understand how ₦100,000,000 is more or less like kulikuli money

He's an accomplished business man of global standing, with businesses across different continents of the world.

He has never been to govt or execute a govt contract. So, he's not a person with tainted record.

Only passion for a great Nigeria drives such individual.

You can see some people accusing him of going away after election. That's because he simply go back to his business, if he didn't make it during the election.

This is not a parasite seeking to milk the nation, he's a builder, seeking to build the nation.

Tunasco4u:
Ok

Only people without jobs stays in politics after election.

Every reasonable person, who has something doing will simply go back to their respective businesses after election.

But people like you are the problem of Nigeria. You want people to be playing politics all year round.

If that become the situation, where do you think such politicians will be sponsoring their life style other than through corruption?

You should be appreciating people like Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim who doesn't steal govt money or hand around govt offices seeking contracts.

After the electoral season, they go back to their business as technocrats, business man and professional.

If you want a typical politician with no job than playing politics all year round, this is definitely not one.

But certainly, he's the most qualified candidate to transform Nigeria and you need to support him, if you mean well for this country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVvzUNB-dKg


*2023: Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim officially declares for president*

A NEW AND BETTER NIGERIA IS POSSIBLE: LET US MARCH TOGETHER INTO A SECURE AND PROSPEROUS FUTURE

Our great country Nigeria is gripped in the claws of insecurity, worsening energy crises due to absence of local refining of Petroleum products, and inadequate electricity generation, transmission and distribution. Prices of goods and services are all- time high eroding real wages and household incomes.

Poverty is ravaging the land , joblessness amongst the youth is over fifty-four percent leading to unprecedented social crises. Corruption is widespread and almost all known African and universal human values are fast becoming extinct.

Heath, education and even sports have taken the plunge leading to more avoidable deaths. Maternal mortality per life birth is the 4th highest in Africa (917 per 100,000 life birth.) Our Infant mortality is one of the highest in the world, while average life expectancy in the country is worse than in some poor African States. Life expectancy in Nigeria is 55 years, 63 years in Niger, 64 years in Liberia, and in Sudan 65 years.

The political trajectory of the country is dim and dark as deep ethnic cleavages and bigotry have dominated the landscape accentuating the crises undermining any initiative for a cohesive national redemption.

The culprit for this immediate state of affairs are the dominant elite of Nigeria across party lines whose raison d' eter has been self-interest and personal aggrandizement especially in the past twenty four years after the unfortunate decades of military rule .

The initial patriotic national ethos of our great First Republic leaders which made Nigeria one of the leading countries of Asia and Africa with comparative GDP with Malaysia and Thailand has been effectively buried in the rubbles.

Yet, there still exist an incredible reservoir of national energy capable of pulling the nation from the ruins and destruction and for the construction of a new and better Nigeria.

This abundant energy is able to bring light to over shadow the darkness that is enveloping our nation. There is a fire in the belly of an average patriotic Nigerian, which when lit, is able to consume any imaginable size of evil.

I have stepped out to ignite that fire, in my decision to seek the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria during the 2023 elections.

Mine is not an ambition but a historic burden. It is a burden imposed on me right from my late teens when as an undergraduate youth activist, my generation committed ourselves to the struggle for social and economic development of Nigeria, as well as to the struggle for democratic rule.

My colleagues and I staked our lives and freedom as some of us who escaped death suffered incarceration under unimaginable circumstances.

Now in my fifties, that fire is not extinguished. I carry an historic burden to lead the process that will make a democratic Nigeria deliver the promise of a greater Nigeria that will provide for all her citizens and those who reside in it without discrimination.

A modern Nigeria capable of securing itself from internal and external threats, provide jobs for her teeming youths currently unemployed through a sustainable economic development plan, and reduce the scourge of poverty and corruption.

A burden to build a New Nigeria that will be a land of equal opportunity and justice.

The summary of that plan is encapsulated in our 50 - point agenda to be publicly presented soon by the Grace of God.

In the past three decades I have built businesses from the scratch in energy and infrastructure development in Nigeria and other continents of the world.

I acquired formal and informal training that provides me with the knowledge and expertise to solve Nigeria's political, economic and security challenges.

By the Grace of God I have the energy, passion and vision to drive this transformation that our great nation desperately needs. I know how to build even from the scratch!

I will bridge the existing divides in the nation, heal the wounds and bring our nation back together again.

By reason of accident, my father came from Northern Nigeria and my mother from the South. Half of my family are Christians while half are Muslims.

I have lived and schooled in both North and South as well as in Europe and America. I know that all human beings are born equal and deserving of equal rights, opportunities and justice.

I will do justice to all without discrimination on account of ethnicity, religion and gender.

This is not another empty promise of another politician. It is who I am.

I have gone round Nigeria many times, first as a National student and youth leader in my late teens about three -and - half decades ago, as a human rights crusader in the 1990's , officer of a national party in 1996, as well as a prominent national officer of a ruling party in 1999. In 2019 I was Presidential candidate who travelled round the country . I understand our diverse culture, pluralism and what is of critical importance to our people. I am not just a complete Nigerian , I am a "Nigerianist ".

I have a settled conviction in my spirit that God has preserved me for such a time as this to be able to bring this divided country together again.

Ours is not a partisan agenda, (as no party in Nigeria today can claim innocence for responsibility for the myriad of crises bedeviling the country), but a national redemption effort that seeks to mobilize the creative energy, the can - do - it energy and never say die spirit of Nigerians across party lines and non-party lines at home and in the diaspora.

This is the urgent task of saving our great nation and making it the sun in the centre of the globe that God has destined it to be.

Every day, Nigerians are energetic and creative in their day- to - day struggle to make a living and create a better life despite scant support from the financial system and parlous infrastructure.

It is for the indomitable Nigerian spirit that we have the biggest economy in Africa that we must seek to grow ten times over in the next ten years to pull our people completely out of poverty , illiteracy, insecurity and disease.

We are a hardworking people. That was the foundation our founding fathers laid some few decades back when the tallest buildings in Africa were in Nigeria.

We started television broadcasting as the first in Africa and for many years up till the 1980's, our educational system and heath institutions ranked amongst the best in the world as we produced vaccines not just for ourselves at the Yaba Centre. There, we produced for the whole of West Africa and provided personnel for the World Health Organisation.

Our military and security forces in those days not only maintained order at home but provided help to troubled African States such as Congo, Sudan, Liberia, Sierra-Leone etc. They also participated meritoriously world-wide in peace keeping operations.

Today, despite our challenges at home, Nigeria's exports to the world: professionals, innovators educationists, bureaucrats and entrepreneurs in the diaspora are accomplishing extraordinary feats.

Chinedu Echeruo, founder of Hopstop.com purchased by apple for one billion dollars is a rising star in the tech world alongside many notable startups netting millions of dollars in investment in the digital economy at home.

Nigeria is set to play a leading role in the cyber market due to the creativity and energy of her citizens. People of Nigerian descent are breaking grounds in the sciences.

Dr Victor Olalusi scored 5.0 GPA in the Russian National Medical University. He is the first to do so in the world. The Nigerian diaspora contributes a lot to the Nigerian economy as remittances from abroad . In 2020, the remittance grossed 17 billion US dollars almost inching towards the 20.4 billion USD revenue from oil.

There is nothing Nigerians cannot achieve with the right environment and support. I am out to give the Leadership to create that environment.

Since I am not seeking to contest as an independent candidate, I will be doing so on the platform of the APC, a great party of Nigerians who believe in the indivisibility and Unity of our great country.

One of the reason why our party the APC got tremendous acceptance amongst a vast majority of Nigerians is the expectation that we shall combat corruption, We can not surrender now I am the one not beholden to the forces of graft that will finish that task.

I ask all Nigerians regardless of party, religion and ethnicity at home and in the diaspora, to step out with me to give support and enlist in our national salvation army : the Movement for a New Nigeria which our campaign is.

A new and better Nigeria is possible!

God bless you,

God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria!

Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim

This is a real capable hand in the race, no baggage, no bad experience, just pure capacity and credibility

A must watch conversation, by APC presidential aspirant, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim and Arise TV about the 2023 presidential election

This is the most comprehensive display of clarity about the way forward for Nigeria.

-Gbenga Olawepo Hashim, a global business executive and Frontline politician to officially declares his presidential bid tomorrow in Abuja

-I will not vacate the political turf for politicians who have nothing to offer Nigeria, Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim declares

-*Party primaries are too important to be left in the hands of politicians alone- Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim says*

As he prepares to officially declares presidential ambition in Abuja tomorrow



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCM12LT5PaY

2023: APC presidential aspirant inaugurates campaign coordinators in Kwara

A presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, on Monday, inaugurated coordinators for his 2023 presidential ambition.

The Coordinators were made up of three persons from each of the 16 local government areas in Kwara State.

Speaking with chairmen of the party across the 16 local government council areas of the state, including party stalwarts in Ilorin, Olawepo-Hashim restated his desire to seek the ticket of his party, and subsequently lead the country back to the path of growth and development in 2023.

While informing the gathering of his intention to formally declare for the race on Tuesday, May 3, 2022, he expressed his commitment to uniting the country which he said was “presently badly divided along ethnic and religious lines.”

He assured the crowd of keeping his promise of running an inclusive government to accommodate various tendencies in order to heal and assuage the pains arising from the various divisions and controversies across the nation.

The presidential aspirant, who said that solutions to national security, the unemployment problem, high cost of petroleum products and basic items required a new and fresh approach to handle, adding that those who had never paid for anything they consumed in the past 23 years could not understand.

He said, “I will secure Nigeria. I will bring prosperity. Nigeria needs to build an economy that will provide a job for young people. As a successful businessman, I will use my experience to better a lot of Nigerians. We will create opportunities for young people and women.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/2023-apc-presidential-aspirant-inaugurates-campaign-coordinators-in-kwara/%3famp

2023: OLAWEPO-HASHIM MEETS KWARA COUNCIL CHAIRMEN, ENDORSES GOV ABDULRAZAQ FOR SECOND TERM

Monday, April 25, 2022, Ilorin, Nigeria

A week after he hosted Party Chairmen from the States in North Central geo-political zone in Abuja on his 2023 ambition, frontline presidential aspirant in the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Mr. Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim moved to Ilorin, Kwara State over the weekend to consult with Chairmen of the party across the sixteen Local Government Council Areas.

At the parley, Olawepo-Hashim restated his desire to seek the ticket of his party, and subsequently lead the country back to the path of growth and development in 2023. While informing the gathering of his intention to formally declare for the race on Tuesday, May 3rd, 2022, he expressed his commitment to unite the country which he said is “presently badly divided along ethnic and religious lines.”

He assured the crowd of keeping his promise of running an inclusive government to accommodate various tendencies in order to heal and assuage the pains arising from the various divisions and controversies across the nation.

He maintained that the “solution to National Security, the Unemployment problem, High cost of Petroleum products and basic items requires new and fresh approach to handle, that those who have never paid for anything they consume in the past 23 years cannot understand.



He also used the occasion to applaud the performance of the state governor in the last three years and subsequently endorsed his second term bid to govern the state in 2023.

According to him, worthy of commendation is the governor’s policy of giving political space to youths and women, while also commending his efforts to restore the dignity of the state in the areas of education, infrastructures and human capital development.

During his earlier visit to the state late last year, Olawepo-Hashim had maintained that the liberation of Kwara took several decades and inflicted several battle scars on the participants, adding that the state must not be allowed to go back to slavery and socio-political emasculation that had arrested the progress of the state for many years.

The chairmen, many of whom are traditional political associates of the aspirant pledged their loyalty and support to who they say "he is our own and ally of our Governor".

According to Segun Awogbade, Chairman, Isin Council, "Mr Olawepo-Hashim is a very kind man, I have been his supporter for 25 years," while Alhaji Shehu Yahaya, Chairman, Asa added that "we fought for the freedom of Kwara together as our leader".


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https://tribuneonlineng.com/2023-olawepo-hashim-meets-kwara-council-chairmen-endorses-abdulrazaq-for-second-term/

Gbenga Olawepo Hashim