The people of Kwara South senatorial district are daily being bombarded by aspirants seeking to represent them at the senate come 2019. Already, discussions are rife about ongoing subtle struggle for the senatorial tickets of the two leading parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). In this report, Assistant Editor, Dare Odufowokan, examines the various contending forces in the zone ahead of the 2019 elections.
AHEAD of the 2019 general election, the people of the southern senatorial district in Kwara state have been discussing ways of ensuring that the area fares better socio-economically and politically in the forthcoming dispensation. The need for the said discussion, according to sources who spoke with The Nation, may not be unconnected with the widespread belief among the people that Kwara South has little or nothing to lay claim to as dividends of democracy.
Kwara 2019: APC, PDP in battle for the south
