From the cradles of Kaiama local government area of
Kwara state cometh a man with a mission to liberate
the great people of Kwara state from the shackles of
poverty and destitution which has plagued the state for
generations. Just like the historical account of Prophet
Moses whom God sent to liberate his people from the
grip of slavery and impoverishment, Abdullahi Sanusi Kaiama, a proud and loyal son of the great and
harmonious people of kwara state has a burning and
an unquenchable desire to take his
people into the proverbial “promised land” flowing with peace,
prosperity and overwhelming
happiness. He has a robust and a
well thought out plan to completely
eradicate poverty and illiteracy
from Kwara state and turn kwara
into the most industrialized and
literate state in the Federal republic
of Nigeria.
He plans to remove poverty and
illiteracy in the rural communities through the orchestration of his micro-business model and the rural
literacy initiative that his administration will launch.
He is a visionary leader who understands only too
well that poverty and illiteracy are the two biggest
challenges facing far too many of his people and he is
determined to stamp them out. Kwara has a population
of 2.8 million people and many of them are domiciled
in the rural communities with poor schools and few
employment opportunities.
As a successful business man and astute entrepre-
neur Abdullahi Sanusi Kaiama fully understands that
the way to break the curse of poverty and bring his
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people into true and lasting prosperity is by training
his people on how to run and manage micro-businesses, so that instead of them looking for a job, they will
create their own jobs by becoming micro-entrepreneurs. The ancient proverb states and I quote “give a
man a fis