Group develops policy document for Kwara 

A Pro-Democracy group, Kwara Must Change, has set up a think tank to develop a policy document for the post ”O to ge” administration, which it describes as the Post Otoge Project (POP2027).

Kwara Must Change also appointed Dr Mopelola AbdulMalik-Bashir, the immediate past commissioner for Women Affairs and prominent pro-democracy activist in the state to head the POP2027 think tank.

Recall that the All Progressives Congress evolved the ‘O to ge’ movement to win the 2019 elections and ousted the 16-year administration of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state.

In a statement signed by the Convener, Abdulrazaq Hamzat on Sunday, the group said that “POP2027 think tank will develop a policy direction for the next administration to consolidate the gains of Kwara liberation, strengthen weaknesses identified in the current system, expand the scope of governance coverage, enhance the economic capacity of the state, sustain data based developmental approach, build more human capacity and rebuild political capacity.

According to Hamzat, “POP2027 think tank will not only produce a policy document, but the committee will also develop an implementation framework, monitoring and observation template as well as priority focus on the scale of preference.

“Kwara Must Change is planning for the future by making this significant effort to solidify and guide the future direction in the post-Otoge era rather than be stuck in the Otoge movement’s initial success”.

Hamzat maintained that the Otoge administration is a new start for Kwara State and the hope and expectations of the people is for every successive government to do better than the last.

Kwara Must Change is therefore committed to building a development-based polity, where issues of governance and development are the driving force of our politics.

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