Nigeria, Sept. 10 -- I have noticed how some data boys of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq have been sharing pictures of the renovated Kwara Hotel, and attempting to create the impression that members of the opposition PDP were against the renovation of this legacy facility. That framing is dishonest, and it deserves a response. As patriotic Kwarans, we hold that heritage and legacy projects should not be neglected like how Abdulrahman has abandoned the once-thriving Harmony Advanced Diagnostics Centre to rot.

For us as Kwarans and members of the opposition, the concern has never been about renovating Kwara Hotel. Our concern has always been the exorbitant cost of the project and whether such expenditure represents the best use of the st...