Kwara State Ministry of Communications

  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday visited the Olofa Stadium in Offa, saying the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development will be directed to re-appraise the facility and make recommendations for its reconstruction. "This is a 40-year-old design. So, we need to revamp it to improve the standard. The same attention will be given to the Lafiagi Stadium," AbdulRazaq told reporters at the stadium in Offa shortly after inspecting the facility.  He said budgetary constraints and new socioeconomic emergencies had stalled previous efforts to revamp the facility. He was accompanied on the visit by the former Commissioner for Water Resources Hon. Femi Agbaje. "The plan is for this stadium to also host state and national sporting events, and that will stimulate socioeconomic growth," he said. "I have come to see the state of the stadium as it is. What we found out is that we actually need a new design for the stadium. After that, consu...

• Gov commends Lions Club, Offa community  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday inaugurated a Diabetes Screening and Treatment Center donated by the Lions International District 404 B2 Nigeria for Offa community and its environs, calling for more partnerships with the administration for improved living standards of the people.     Commissioning the facility which is located inside General Hospital in Offa, the Governor said the donation represents community service and support at its best and commended the donor for the investments to tackle diabetes -- a major public health threat in Nigeria and across the world. “This unique humanitarian gesture will be remembered for years to come as a lifesaving contribution by Lions Club International, District 404B2 for the diagnosis and treatment of diabetes," the Governor said in Offa.  “I commend the Lions Club for this huge gesture. We look forward to more of such collaborations with the...

... receives investors from China-Africa Economic and Trade Council The Kwara State Government has again reiterated its commitment to making the state the food hub of the country. The State Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Mrs. Oloruntoyosi Thomas made the reiteration while receiving in audience the delegation of China-Africa Economic and Trade Council and representative of the organized Private Sector in Ilorin, the state capital. The Commissioner disclosed that the investors' visit was a result of the state government’s investment drive in the agricultural sector. According to her, the state government had earlier sent a delegation to China with some other Nigerians on policies reform, tax policies, and learning about various reforms the People's Republic of China had undergone, which have gotten them to where they are today. Mrs. Thomas explained further that the State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed the Ministry to share ...

In compliance with the Federal Government's directive, the Kwara State Government has demolished illegal structures at Unity Road, Ilorin, the State capital. The exercise was to ensure that government offices and schools do not have commercial ventures in front of them to guarantee the safety of lives and property in the face of insecurity in the nation. The Executive Chairman, Kwara State Geographic Information Service, ESV. Abdulkareem Babatunde Sulyman explained that the affected structures were on the road setback of the State Fire Service Office and the Amusement Park. The Executive Chairman, who was represented by the Director, Physical Planning Authority and Development Control, TPL. Sunday Idowu disclosed that the exercise was a federal directive across all the 36 states of the federation. The Executive Chairman, who affirmed that the directive was long overdue, but due to the magnanimity of the Kwara State Government and the people-centric approach to governan...

(The newly renovated buildings of RUWASSA by the Kwara State Government.) The Kwara State Government has handed over the newly renovated phase 1 buildings of the State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA), to the General Manager, Mr. Oluwafemi Oladipo Adewumi in Ilorin. Performing the handing over ceremony on behalf of the state government, the Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Usman Yunusa Lade urged the staff to make use of the edifice for optimal performance of their duties. The Commissioner disclosed that the1 renovation of the buildings was last carried out in the past 20 years, thereby making it inhabitable for use. "The completion of the phase 1 renovated buildings of this edifice is a demonstration of His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's resolve for the welfare of the workers wherever they might be in the state", the Commissioner said. Hon. Lade expressed satisfaction with the quality of job done by the contractor and than...

(R-L (front) Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina El-Iman represented by Perm. Sec Health, Dr. Ayinla Abubakar ; Commissioner for Communications, Hon. Bola Olukoju; Commissioner for Social Development, Hon. Opeyemi Oluwakemi Afolashade; S.A. Education, Dr. Adetola Salau; Commissioner for Education, Dr. Sa'adatu Modibbo-Kawu; Commissioner for Environment, Mall. Shehu Ndanusa Usman; SUBEB Chairman, Prof. Raheem Adaramaja; Perm Sec. Education, Mrs. Rebecca Bake Olanrewaju; Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Olaitan Abosede Buraimoh represented by DPFS, Mrs. Ishola Maryam Idowu; R-L (Back) Project Coordinator, Kwara AGILE, Mr. Adeshina Azeez Salami and other members of the SPSC at the meeting.) ....As steering committee holds inaugural meeting ....All public secondary schools to undergo rehabilitation, numerous benefits for public schools  The Kwara State government has re-echoed its commitment to solving deficiencies in the education sector by encouraging girls in public s...

(His Excellency, Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq who was represented by the Honourable Commissioner for Finance Dr Hauwa Nuru, Commissioner for Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs and Community Development, Hon Abdullah Abubakar Bata and TIC Chairman, Omotosho Abdulgafar during the commissioning of Woman Vocational Centre at Jaji area in Ilorin West Local Government Area.) The Kwara State Government in its untiring efforts to further enhance lives of Kwarans and its inhabitants has commissioned Multi-Million Naira projects embarked on and completed recently by Local Government Councils in Kwara Central Senatorial district, namely Asa, Ilorin West, Ilorin South and Ilorin East, respectively. The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (CON) described the commissioning of the projects as a landmark achievement which can be attested to by the large turn out of benefiting Communities to show appreciation during the co...

• Govt cash-backs 2022 promotion for teachers Kwara State Government has finally cleared all the salary arrears for SUBEB teachers and local government workers as inherited from the administration of former Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed.  Figures from the last allocation meeting of the local government showed that the government committed N1,297,389,165.83 to clear the balance of the arrears owed to the SUBEB teachers.  Another N1,622,673,992.12 was apportioned to clear the balance of the arrears for the local government workers in the past administration, according to the data from the allocation meeting. Between January 2020 and January 2024, the administration has spent at least N5.5bn to offset the arrears of salary for SUBEB teachers, local government workers and local government pensioners alone -- apart from meeting its multibillion naira monthly obligations to these categories of workers and many others since it was elected in 2019.  The government meanwhi...

 *By: Sangodare Ayinla (Ph.D)*  With ebullient agriculture, the world is on the safe side. This is true if there are governments that are ready to leverage this potential for creating opportunities for the people.  Suffice to recall the popular Yoruba saying that “Agbe l’oba” (Farmers are kings). These characters are not kings with literal crowns, but the metaphorical diadems connoting indispensability in mankind.  The foregoing is a proverb as well as a message to all, that farmers are essential in social sustainability. This philosophy is firmly embraced in the resolve of the Kwara State Government, as it stands to put smiles on the state farmers’ faces, expecting the latter to make society smile through their products. In achieving this, His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON) has used the Kwara Fadama CARES project as a potent tool for driving empowerment/stimulation for farmers (especially, the indigent ones) to tackle hunger and poverty....

(L-R: Representative of the Commissioner of Police, ACP Tokunbo Bola Badewole, Camp Commandant Captain Ibrahim, Kwara NYSC State Coordinator, Mr. Onifade Olaoluwa Joshua, representative of Kwara State Governor, Alh. Abdulrasak Babatunde Alabere, representative of Commissioner for Youth Development, Mrs Adenike Funmilola Adenike, representative of Kwara State Chief Judge, Justice Hammed Aliyu Gegele and Director Youth ministry of Youth Development Alh. Abdulsalam Akeem) The Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has charged the newly sworn-in members of the National Youths Service Corps(NYSC) to exhibit honesty, hardwork and discipline in the various trainings they would be exposed to in the course of their 3-weeks orientation exercise. Governor AbdulRazaq stated this during the swearing-in ceremony of the Batch 'A', Stream 1 of the Youths Corps members, at the NYSC orientation Camp at Yikpata, Edu Local Government Area, where the Chief Judge of Kwara ...

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed white paper committees to dissect the reports of the Visitation Panels to the three public Colleges of Education and recommend to the government some specific course of action to change the fortune of the schools. The Governor had in October 2023 named the visitation panels to Colleges of Education Oro, Ilorin, and Lafiagi (Technical). The panels, which visited the different schools, submitted their reports in January 2024. As a follow-up to that, the Governor appointed the following persons as chairpersons/members of the White Paper Committees for the Colleges: A.    College of Education , Ilorin 1: Prof. Jimada Idris Shaaba (Chairman) 2: Hajia Afusat AbdulRahman  3: Hajia Eletu Halimat Aduke  4: Dr. Seyi Oloyede  5: Hon. Dele Abiodun  6: Hajia Bilikis Olatundun Suleiman  7: Dr. Ayoku Oba Babatunde  8: Peter Ghana Abu (Secretary) B: College of Education, Oro 1: Prof. Mrs. Binta...

This is to inform members of the public that the  sanitation exercise for this month will come up on Saturday, 24th February, 2024 starting from seven to nine o'clock (7:00 am to 9:00 am) in the morning. Residents of the State are hereby enjoined to fully participate in the exercise, by cleaning both residential and business environments.   Members of the public are to note that there will be no vehicular and human movement across the state during the exercise. Waste Management trucks will be made available for waste collections and subsequent disposal of same at the dump site of the metropolis. Also, some of the illegal dump site in some major areas will be cleared. Kindly note that, it is an offence to dump refuse on pedestrian walkways, road median, drainages, canals and all other unapproved dump sites. In the same vein, any attempt to obstruct government officials from carrying out their statutory obligations will be dealt with, within the ambit of the law...

(L-R: Dr Lafiagi Sanusi (Al-Hikmah University); Deputy Registrar University of Ilorin Dr Hauwah Abdulkareem; Commissioner for Environment Alhaji Usman Ndanusa; Abdulquadir Saka Bolanta; Ambali Abdul Kabeer; Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor Rafiu Ajakaye; Commissioner for Communications Hon Bola Olukoju; and Director/Convener of Kwara Books and Arts Festival (KWABAFEST) Hussein Abdulbasit; at the 2nd edition of KWABAFES, in Ilorin, on Friday.) • Popular scholar Dr. Lafiagi cautions against 'entitlement mentality' Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday said the administration will continue to empower the youth, nurture their talents and equip them with necessary skills to thrive in the evolving world. He said the government prioritizes youth development, thereby investing in projects that create opportunities for them to explore, experiment and express themselves freely. The Governor was speaking in Ilorin at the Kwara Books and Arts F...

... releases public health advisory guidelines Following a reported case of Avian Influenza in kebbi State, North Western part of Nigeria, the Kwara State Government has alerted the general public of the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu. This was contained in a public health advisory issued by the Director of Veterinary Services, Ministry for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Abdulateef Salman Olugbon, on behalf of the Permanent Secretary, Tpl. Ishiaq Yinka Oloruko-oba today. According to the public health advisory, the public, most especially the poultry farmers and bird owners, are advised to implement strict biosecurity measures to prevent the spread of the virus into the state. The advisory also urged the general public to remain vigilant and report any suspected cases or symptoms related to Avian Influenza to the relevant authorities for prompt investigation and further necessary action.  The symptoms, according to ...