PDP Slams Kwara Governor Over “Stage-Managed” Briefings, Demands Direct Engagement with Citizens
By Omowumi Omotosho
The Kwara State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has strongly criticized Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq’s approach to public communication, describing the administration’s Inter-Ministerial Press Briefings as a “stage-managed circus of deception.”
In a statement signed by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Olusegun Olusola Adewara, the PDP accused the governor of avoiding direct engagement with the people since assuming office in 2019. The party alleged that the briefings were handled by “juvenile, inexperienced political appointees who lack both the mandate of the people and the moral competence to speak on governance matters.”
“We find it utterly disgraceful that since 2019, Governor Abdulrazaq has never deemed it fit to address Kwarans directly. Instead , he has continued to rely on whatsap fabrications, misleading press statements and organized political skit making decorated as press briefing from his media handlers -who themselves lack the technical-know-how on governance and policy making,” the statement read.
The opposition party called on the governor to emulate President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, who, according to the PDP, “within just two years in office, has twice addressed Nigerians in live television broadcasts, confronting real issues and attempting to own up to the burden of leadership.”
“Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq needs to drop this WhatsApp governance model and start showing leadership in flesh and voice, as our government house is not a children’s playground for absentee leadership,” Adewara said. “The people deserve to hear directly from the man they elected—not hired propagandists acting out written scripts at carefully stage-managed press events,” the PDP further stated.
The party also accused the governor of submitting a budget filled with “fabrications, sectoral lies, and non-existent achievements” during his last presentation to the State House of Assembly. The statement noted that this action led to public outcry and what the PDP termed “a weak apology from the government.”
“Kwarans have not forgotten how the Governor, during the last budget presentation to the House of Assembly, submitted a document filled with fabrications, sectoral lies, and non-existent achievements—an action that led to a weak apology from the government following outcries from the public
“That lie-filled document submitted by Mr Governor was drafted by this same cabinet . A sincere leader would have used that moment as a turning point for accountability,” the party stated.
The PDP further claimed that the governor’s reluctance to address the public directly has contributed to worsening insecurity, economic stagnation, and what it described as growing corruption and public distrust under the current administration.
“The PDP warns that the Governor’s continuous absence and reliance on juvenile surrogates is one of the core reasons for the decline in security, economic stagnation, growing public distrust, and the alarming corruption that has become the hallmark of his administration. The party calls on the Governor to speak directly to Kwarans on the true state of affairs- noting that this is what leadership demands,” the party concluded.
