By Emmanuel Kehinde
Ilorin – The Founder of Saliu Mustapha Foundation , Mallam Saliu Mustapha has donated N15 million and a vehicle to the Ilorin Emirate Durbar Committee.
Mustapha who made the donations during a visit to the headquarters of the committee Saud the gesture was to further transform the event to a more robust one .
He expressed satisfaction with the arrangements already put in place by the committee and praised the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari for his firm support in ensuring continuity of the event which he said has gone international.
Mustapha commended the efforts of the chairman of the committee, Engineer Yahaya Alapansapa, the Danmasani of Ilorin.
The Founder of Saliu Mustapha Foundation who is also the Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Kwara Central Senatorial District disclosed that he would continue to associate with all programmes associated with Ilorin Emirate.
Earlier, the chairman of the Durbar Committee, Alapansapa, commended Mustapha for always associating and supporting the committee at their points of need.
He disclosed that all arrangements have been put in place to ensure a hitch free ceremony, stressing that over five hundred horses would be engaged for this year’s durbar.
According to him, Ilorin Durbar has gone international as it has been embraced by not only local investors but international investors and agencies.
The Chairman reiterated that durbar was not established for politics but rather to pull all sons and daughters of the emirate together, enhance the economic status of the community and further promote their culture and traditions.
