Gov Abdulrazaq set to announce family members as Accountant General, Chief of Staff this week

Strong indications emerged last night that the Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq may make fresh appointments into his cabinet this week.
National Pilot learnt that members of his family have been penciled down for juicy political appointments.
This decision may not be unconnected with the grouse of some relatives of the governor under the aegis of Yerimisa Youth of Idi-Igba, the family compound of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq in Adewole, Ilorin West Local Government Area, who openly attacked him in a open letter that dripped with venom over alleged abandonment and neglect since he got into office.
According to sources in the know, who craved anonymity, the stage is set for the announcement of a member of his family as the Accountant-General of the state.
National Pilot gathered that barring any last minute changes, the appointment would be made public this week.
It was revealed to this medium that the governor is considering Abdulganiy Sanni for the position.
Sanni, a Chartered Accountant works at the New Nigeria Development Company in Abuja.
Similarly, the long wait for the appointment of the Chief of Staff may come to an end this week as the governor is set to fill the vacant position with a member of his family.
Although three names have popped up for the much coveted seat, but the pendulum may likely swing in favour of the Governor’s cousin, Alhaji Funsho AbdulRazaq.
There have been pressure on Gov AbdulRazaq to fill the vaccum created by the death of the former Chief of Staff, Dr. Aminu Logun.
According to impeccable source, the governor and his siblings, Isiaka AbdulRazaq, Alimi AbdulRazaq and Khairat Gwadabe are divided over the choice of replacement for the late Chief of Staff, who died at the age of 71 in 2020.
It would be recalled that sometime last year; there was news of the purported appointment of Prince Abdulkadir Mahe, a retired Permanent Secretary, as the CoS despite no official statement to back up the claim.
Mahe, it was gathered, is the choice candidate of the governor’s siblings, Isiaka AbdulRazaq and Khairat while Alimi is rooting for Ghali …for the office.
However, the governor, it was learnt, preferred Funsho AbdulRazaq to his siblings’ choice of candidates, because of his unalloyed loyalty
to him.
Efforts to get reaction of the government or some of the siblings were not successful last night before this paper went to bed.
This medium also reliably gathered that the governor will send another names of commissioner- nominees to the state House of Assembly for ratification.
The nominees are Abu Sheko from Baruten Local Government Area and Folaranmi Tajudeen who hails from Offa. However, the names of the other two nominees could not be ascertained last night.
Recall that the Governor late last year sacked all his commissioners and operated without a cabinet for about five months before making fresh appointments.
The Governor has since then been making appointment into political offices in the state piecemeal.