The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Dr Ali Ahmad has pledged the House preparedness towards supporting the state government drive to improve the state economy through culture and tourism. The move, Ahmad stressed became imperative as it would go a long way in enhancing the sector andContinue Reading
The Ilorin Emirate Youth Development Association, IEYDA, has expressed disappointment over a publication by an online media, (Sahara reporter) causing disaffection and over heating the polity by engaging in an attack on the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari. It would be recalled that the Sahara reporter had in itsContinue Reading
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has vowed to prosecute any civil servant found collecting multiple salaries in the state at the end of the on-going Bank Verification Number (BVN) alignment exercise. Governor Ahmed, who gave the warning in an interview with journalists in Ilorin, said ” it wasContinue Reading
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi has said that activities of artisanal and small scale miners in the country would be formalized to ensure sustainable development of the mineral resources and enhance the sector’s contribution to national economic growth. Fayemi said this in Ilorin at theContinue Reading
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has denied removing the Chairman of the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) for allegedly criticizing the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki. Governor Ahmed, in statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr. Muideen Akorede, said the PTA is a non-governmentalContinue Reading
The group comprising volunteers in Kwara state known as Voluntary Sensitization Committee today, met with the members of Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria at their State Secretariat opposite Ilorin International Airport gate, Ilorin with the purpose of sensitizing the transporters on the developmental strides and progressive plans of theContinue Reading
ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, ALHAJI (DR.) ABDULFATAH AHMED, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KWARA STATE AT THE 52ND ANNUAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIAN MINING AND GEOSCIENCE SOCIETY (NMGS) ON TUESDAY, MARCH 15TH, 2016 Courtesies, It is always a great pleasure to join a congregation of professionals and others with theContinue Reading
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has signed the 2016 budget bill into law with a promise to work towards achieving minimum of 70 per cent of the budget. Speaking shortly after he signed the budget in his office, the governor emphasised that this year’s budget signified a majorContinue Reading
Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has flagged off building of the phase one of the 1,000 Maigida Housing Units at Budo-Osho, in Ilorin, the State Capital as part of efforts in solving the state’s growing population’s accommodation needs. Speaking at the ground breaking, Governor Ahmed said with a populationContinue Reading