By Demola Akinyemi
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday commissioned a garment factory in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, with a capacity to employ 4,000 people at full operation.
This was contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha.
According to the statement, the garment factory is a signature project of the AbdulRazaq administration designed to employ at least 4,000 people at full capacity.
The statement added that the commissioning of the projects was part of activities marking the turbaning of AbdulRazaq as the Sardauna of Ilorin, who was described as the ‘Defence Minister of Ilorin Emirate’ by the Emir, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari.
Speaking during the turbaning ceremony at the Emir’s Palace in Ilorin, Shettima, according to the statement, applauded the legacy of continuity sustained by AbdulRazaq’s administration.
He also recalled the role played by the governor’s late father, AbdulGaniyu AbdulRazaq, in the history of Ilorin and Nigeria’s legal profession.
“His father, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu AbdulRazaq, carried an Ilorin name into history as Northern Nigeria’s first lawyer. Through law and diplomacy, his story became part of Nigeria’s own.
“The branch may reach towards another horizon, yet it carries within itself the memory of the root.
“His father was the first Mutawalle of Ilorin, a title that remains in the family in celebration of their bond with the Emirate. Today, another chapter enters the family’s relationship with this palace,” he said.
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