Kwara community throws homecoming party for Lai Mohammed after serving Buhari

<p>The reception was attended by family members, friends, heads of Federal ministries and agencies, as well as political stalwarts.</p>, <span>L-R Former Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Kwara Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, and A National Leader of APC, Chief Bisi Akande, at the homecoming reception for the former minister.</span>, <h2>Oro Community Development Association (OCDA) in Kwara on Saturday held a homecoming reception for the former Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.</h2>, <p>The News Agency if Nigeria (NAN) reports that the reception was to celebrate achievements of the minister and successful completion of his tenure.</p>, <p>NAN further reports that the association is the umbrella body of all Igbomina sons and daughters in Irepodun local Government Area of Kwara.</p>, <p>The OCDA President, Prof. Babaode Bojuwoye, commended the former minister for making the town proud as the first federal political appointee from the town.</p>, <p>Bojuwoye said Mohammed has left indelible footprints in the town with his achievements too numerous to mention.</p>, <p>He listed some of his achievements to include: construction of intra town roads, hospital, Transmission Council of Nigeria’s step down under construction and the facilitation of the employment of qualified indigenes into the federal public service.</p>, <p>The OCDA president added that his achievements at the Federal level earned him another appointment on the international scene immediately after the end of his tenure as minister.</p>, <p>In his goodwill message, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, said the former minister was diligent in service.</p>, <p>He urged the people of Igbomina to be united and avoid the pull down syndrome to have more of their citizens representing them at the national level.</p>, <p>Kwara Deputy Governor, Kayode Alabi, said the reception was an indicator that the former minister is loved at home.</p>, <p>He charged the