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Unknown to many outside the inner circle of opposition in Kwara liberation struggle, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq was, for over two decades, the leading financier of the opposition political forces in Kwara State against the displaced political dynasty now swept off the political space by the Otoge political revolution of 2019”.*
Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq was born in the year of Nigeria’s Political independence in 1960 to Alhaji AGF AbdulRazaq SAN and Alhaja Raliat AbdulRazaq. By the circumstances of his birth he was born into multiple fortunes of nobility, professional distinction and aristocracy as exemplified by the family of the late Barrister AGF AbdulRazaq ( SAN )first Mutawali of Ilorin and Tafidan Zazzau.
Mallam AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, fondly addressed as AA by millions of his political admirers, lovers and loyalists, inspired and nurtured an uncommon passion and belief in his leadership by the vast majority of Kwarans.
His leadership is extraordinarily visionary yet frugal; he has no endlessly long convoys as a Governor. Little wonder he denies himself the opulence of a typical Government House as official residence where fortunes are spent daily to maintain such.
Little wonder he frequently visits the common ‘ colony ‘ of the blind known as ‘Koro Afoju’ in the Gambari Quarters of Ilorin, where he invests time and resources as well as dines, to make life more bearable and comfortable for them.
Little wonder he is the first Governor to have taken budget planning session to the Special Needs School in Ilorin.
Little wonder he is the first Governor to have appointed two (2) members of people living with disabilities ( PWD) as Permanent Secretaries in the State.
A consummating and daring adventurer, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq spent his passage as a child, teenager and adolescent in a unique manner; navigating the journey of life rather independent of his noble background as the son of a member of the then ruling class of the newly Independent Nigeria.
His father, the late AGF AbdulRazaq (SAN ) was not only among the first set of University graduates from the then Ilorin Province, he was also the first lawyer in Northern Nigeria, first Mutawali of Ilorin, Tafida of Zazzau (Zaria), former Federal Minister in the First Republic and Nigeria’s Ambassador to Côte d’Ivoire( Ivory Coast) in the early 60’s.
Unlike many of his contemporaries, who preferred professional or academic careers, AA from his secondary school days, had an initial inclination to become an airline pilot but for the reservations of a concerned father. He immediately reset his vision to growing to become a successful entrepreneur and a business mogul.
This burning passion and pursuit was what spurred AA to becoming engrossed in different business opportunities until he hit gold , liquid gold . He emerged as Nigeria’s first indigenous exporter of crude oil and associated oil products ; indeed a leading global player in oil and gas and became a multi billionaire at the tender age of 28 .
Like all of his siblings in the late AGF AbdulRazaq who grew up under the influence legs law-inspired family , AA inherited a DNA that frowns at and is turned off by acts of injustice , inequality , discrimination and oppression .
Unknown to many outside the inner circle of opposition in Kwara liberation struggle, AA was, for over two decades, the leading financier of the opposition political forces in Kwara State against the displaced political dynasty now swept off the political space by the Otoge political revolution of 2019.
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