The former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Bolaji Abdullahi, has emerged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) consensus candidate for Kwara central senatorial district.
Abdullahi was said to have emerged the PDP consensus candidate on Saturday after PDP aspirants in the district voluntarily withdrew from senatorial race of Kwara central.
The former federal minister, was said to have submitted his nomination and expression of interest forms for the senatorial seat at the party’s national secretariat on Friday.
A source revealed that, former President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki and the PDP leaders from Kwara central, agreed to micro-zone the senatorial ticket to Ilorin west LGA, where Abdullahi hails from.
Abdullahi, the only notable candidate to have expressed interest, had earlier said he is running for the seat because 2023 is an opportunity for Nigeria to “hit the reset button”.
According to him, citizens can no longer afford the luxury of “incompetence and empty showmanship”.
“When I am elected senator, I would be bringing to the legislative chamber of our country a wide range of experience as a journalist, a civil society activist, development specialist, a public servant and a party man,” he had said.
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