Shettima commissions Kwara garment factory, revenue house - Punch Newspapers

Vice President Kashim Shettima during the commissioning of the garment factory in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday. Credit: Stanley Nkwocha/X.

Vice President Kashim Shettima has commissioned a garment factory in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, with a capacity to employ 4,000 people at full operation. He also commissioned the 11-storey Kwara Revenue Service House as part of activities marking the turbaning of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq as the Sardauna of Ilorin. This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha. According to the statement, the garment factory is a signature project of the AbdulRazaq administration designed to employ at least 4,000 people at full capacity. Credit: Stanley Nkwocha/X. The statement added that the commissioning of the projects was part of activities marking the turbaning of AbdulRazaq as the Sardauna of Ilorin, who was described as the ‘Defence Minister of Ilorin Emirate’ by the Emir, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari. Speaking during the turbaning ceremony at the Emir’s Palace in Ilorin, Shettima, according to the statement, applauded the legacy of continuity sustained by AbdulRazaq’s administration. He also recalled the role played by the governor’s late father, AbdulGaniyu AbdulRazaq, in the history of Ilorin and Nigeria’s legal profession. “His father, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu AbdulRazaq, carried an Ilorin name into history as Northern Nigeria’s first lawyer. Every path begins with someone willing to walk without familiar footprints. Through law and diplomacy, his story became part of Nigeria’s own. “The branch may reach towards another horizon, yet it carries within itself the memory of the root. His father was the first Mutawalle of Ilorin, a title that remains in the family in celebration of their bond with the Emirate. Today, another chapter enters the family’s relationship with this palace,” he said. Credit: Stanley Nkwocha/X. According to the statement, the Vice President said the continuity of a legacy such as that of AbdulRazaq should prompt reflection on what a name can carry across generations. Shettima asks Kwara warring APC factions to reconcile Kano gov congratulates Abdulrazaq on turbaning as Sardauna of Ilorin Tinubu forgave Northern govs who opposed him in 2023, says Shettima “As Governor AbdulRazaq receives his turban, we remember those who preceded him, and we offer prayers for the generations who will encounter this occasion through the stories their elders preserve,” he maintained. Shettima also spoke about his friendship with AbdulRazaq, noting that they regularly discuss issues and share responsibilities beyond ceremonial occasions. He continued: “There is something sobering about celebrating a friend while both of you remain answerable to the demands of public office. Titles will eventually pass into the record of our lives. The human bonds formed along the way should endure beyond the appointments through which other people first came to know us. “At the National Economic Council, our responsibilities meet in discussions concerning the federation and its states. We consider how economic proposals connect with implementation, financing and the circumstances of communities. That work requires listening across different experiences and respecting the obligations each government carries. “A federation is sustained through the patient conversation between those who share responsibility for its people. No boundary on an administrative map can divide the dignity Nigerians are entitled to expect.” The statement said AbdulRazaq also participates in engagements with the Federal Government and development partners as Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum. It quoted Shettima as saying that behind such institutional engagements was the responsibility of meeting the needs of farmers, households and businesses. The Vice President also lauded the governor’s governance record in Kwara State, noting that it covered classrooms, medical services and roads connecting communities. “These are chapters in the story of a state as its people encounter it: the lesson a child can attend, the treatment a household can seek, and the market a farmer can reach. Such investments must be sustained so that those who inherit them can build upon them. A legacy takes its fullest measure in the generations it continues to serve,” he added. The statement said the turbaning made AbdulRazaq the first person to hold the title of Sardauna of Ilorin, adding that governors of Imo, Kebbi, Plateau, Ekiti, Ogun, Niger, Bayelsa, and Kaduna states attended the event. Princess Etuk Princess Etuk is a journalist at Punch Newspapers with over five years of experience covering national development and the economy. She focuses on public policy, infrastructure, agriculture, and related sectors, producing insightful features and exclusive reports. Princess’s work reflects a strong commitment to accountability journalism, sectoral development reporting, and informed public dialogue.

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