Kwara State government says it has paid compensation to the customary land owners of the new site at Asa River Bank in Ilorin where fish farmers are to be relocated. The government has also allotted the land at Yidi road currently being used by the fish farmers to Tuyil Pharmaceutical Industry to enable the company expand its factory. Alhaji Ibrahim […]
Read moreThe Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has expressed his administration’s support for the ongoing digitization of the broadcasting industry in Nigeria. Governor Ahmed gave the pledge while receiving the Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Mallam Ishaq Kawu Modibbo in his office on Tuesday. He said that the Digital Switch Over (DSO) not only provides enormous opportunities for […]
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PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 3, 2017 APC Commends FG Over N5000 Payment To Vulnerable Nigerians The All Progressives Congress (APC) commends the President Muhammadu Buhari administration for fulfilling the promise the Party made to Nigerians during the 2015 general election campaigns that safety nets will be provided to vulnerable Nigerians. The Party notes that with the commencement of […]
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The Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed wishes all citizens of the State a joyous and prosperous new year. The Governor prays for fulfilled hopes and expectations with greater accomplishments in the new year. Dr Ahmed also solicits prayers for continued peace in the State and the country as a whole. He urges the people to join him in rededicating […]
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COURTESIES, Mr. Speaker, Honorable Members of Kwara State House of Assembly. It is with great honor that I present the 2017 Appropriation Bill for your consideration and approval. The 2017 Budget proposal seeks to sustain and consolidate on the gains of the 2016 budget which sought to ensure that all on-going projects and policy commitments are fulfilled. However, […]
Read moreThe Kwara State Personnel Database Development Committee has denied claims by the state branch of the National Union of Local Government Workers(NULGE) that the consultant who handled the personnel verification exercise receives 30 per cent of local governments’ monthly allocation. The Committee, in a statement issued in Ilorin on Wednesday, by its alternate chairman, Alhaji Sola Isiaka Gold, described NULGE’s […]
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Former Minister of Sports and Youth Development, Mall. Bolaji Abdullahi, delivered the paper below at the annual lecture and dinner of Club Two-Seven Ilorin, 26th December, 2016. “This is certainly not a great time to be a parent. You give birth to a child; you spend a lot of money to send the child through primary education, you pay through […]
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BY: LAWAL KUBURAT I have dwelled all my life in the home of a prolific author of books rich enough to earn the award of a noble Laurette, yet I have never for once deemed it fit to express my feelings in writing. My first encounter with this man of noble character melted my hard heart about people in power […]
Read moreKwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has urged Christians to use this remarkable period of Chrismas to pray for divine guidance, favour and protection for the country. In a Christmas message signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdulwahab Oba, the Governor admonished Christians to imbibe the lessons of the birth of Jesus Christ, submit themselves to righteousness and allow the […]
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