Kwara State Ministry of Communications

(L-R: Aisha Ibrahim; Ibrahim Ibrahim; Hajia Morayo Baliqis Ibrahim; Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON); Bilal Ibrahim; and Bolanle Ibrahim; during a condolence visit to the residence of late Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, in Ilorin, on Thursday.) Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday paid a condolence visit to the family of the former Deputy Governor of the state late Elder Peter Ƙisira, who died on 30th March, 2024. He was received by Mrs Felicia Kisira and other members of the family at their Ilorin GRA residence.  Governor AbdulRazaq was in Saudi Arabia for lesser Hajj when the incident happened, although he had earlier sent his condolences through a press statement. “I am here to sympathise with you over the loss of His Excellency former deputy Governor, Peter Kisira. He had served the state well and left a good legacy. We pray for the repose of his soul. We equally pray that God gives you and the children the fortitude to bear the l...

(The Hon Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-Imam (middle), Permanent Secretary, Hajia Afusat Nike Ibrahim flanked by the newly inaugurated members of the Kwara State Ministry of Heath Quality Assurance Team in a group photograph, during the week.) As part of her efforts to promote global standard practice in the health sector, the Kwara State Ministry of Health has inaugurated its Quality Assurance Monitoring Team today at the ministry’s headquarters, Ilorin.  Inaugurating the team, the Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Ahmed El-lmam, stated that the team is tasked with the crucial responsibility of monitoring and evaluating service delivery across both public and private healthcare facilities within the state. Dr. El-lmam emphasized the pivotal role of Quality Assurance Team in upholding and enhancing service standard throughout the state's healthcare system.  She thereafter charged the newly inaugurated officers to demonstrate unwavering dedi...

...Says govt on course to attain universal health coverage Kwara State Health Insurance Agency on Tuesday inaugurated a regional office of the agency in Kaiama, Kaiama local government area, assuring the residents of a proper health insurance coverage. The office which is situated at the premises of Kaiama General Hospital, was aimed at bringing affordable and accessible healthcare delivery to the door steps of the people at the grassroots, according to the  Executive Secretary of the agency, Dr. Olubunmi Jetawo-Winter, who performed the function. Dr. Jetawo-Winter described social health insurance as the only financing vehicle available to subsidize health services, and to draw in all segments of the population equitably regardless of socio- economic classification. "Social health insurance not only seeks to create demand, but also helps to improve the quality of services, through our stringent assessment and accreditation process of health facilities and providers, a...

(L-R: Production Director ER-Kang Mining Nigeria Ltd Lit Cun Hai; Financial Director Guo De Ring; Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology Hon. Damilola Yusuf; Managing Director ER-Kang Mining Nigeria Ltd Sun Qing Rong; Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (CON); Chief of Staff Prince Mahe Abdulkadir; Legal Consultant Ibrahim Atanda; Geologist ER-Kang Mining Nigeria Ltd Liu Jain Liang; and Project Architect Architect Olaiyitan Yekeen; during a courtesy visit by management of ER-Kang Mining Nigeria Ltd to Government House, Ilorin, on Tuesday.) • As Chinese mining firm ER-KANG invests in Kwara Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday said the administration is always open for partnerships and engagements that attract investments and pave the way for local processing of solid minerals in the state. He also said that the government is committed to making the ease of doing business a major selling point for Kwara in the country.  The Governor...

(L-R: Director, Personnel, Finance and Supply, Alhaji Hassan Taiye Afodun; Commissioner for Energy, Engr. AbdulAzeez Kola AbdulGaniy; Kwara Regional Manager, IBEDC, Engr. Toyin Akinyosoye; Technical Manager, Engr. Olaifa Gabriel in a group photograph after the meeting.) The Kwara State Government has again called on the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) to be reasonable in the way they bill their customers, especially, the facilities owned by the State government such as hospitals and waterworks. The Commissioner for Energy, Engr. AbdulAzeez Kola AbdulGaniy, made the call yesterday when he paid a courtesy visit to the Regional Head, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC), Engr. Toyin Akinyosoye, at Challenge, Ilorin. Engr. AbdulGaniy said the State government, on its part, has always complemented the IBEDC services by paying the electricity bills of all government’s facilities promptly, constructing feeder lines and providing various commu...

      The Kwara State Government has commenced capacity enhancement training for  1,500 State Civil Servants due for promotion.     Addressing the participants at the opening, the State Head of Service, Mrs Susan Modupe Oluwole explained that the training was pertinent to improve the productivity of the civil servants in service delivery.       Represented by the Permanent Secretary ( Establishment), Mallam Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed, She applauded the State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazak for approving the conduct of the program and his unrelenting commitment to ensuring efficient service delivery in the State Service despite the dwindling economy.     She charged the participants to be very attentive to the lectures and adequately grab the content to achieve the objective of the program warning that anyone that fail the examination after the training would not be promoted to the next grade level.    The HOS also r...

(L-R: Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Technology, Mrs. Mary Kemi Adeoshun; Chairman, Edu Local Government (TIC), Hon. Mohammed Aliyu; Honourable Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology, Hon. Damilola Yusuf Adelodun; and Executive Chairman, Kwara Internal Revenue Services, Mrs. Shade Omoniyi.) The Kwara State Government has inaugurated a 5 Man Implementation Committee to oversee the newly redesigned and remodeled Gbugbu International Market in  Edu Local Government Area, while reaffirming its commitment to upgrade and promote socio-economic activities through remodeling and redesigning of other ancient markets in the State.  While inaugurating the  Implementation  Committee in her office, the State Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology, Hon. Damilola Yusuf Adelodun, emphasised the importance of  transparency and dedication among the  Committee members and urged them to  uphold these value...

...as benefitting communities lauds gov. Abdulrazaq, development partners The Kwara State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has embarked on an inspection visit to some of the completed projects executed by the State Coordination Office. The projects include the provision of four boreholes with ancillaries and watering points along the stock route in Asa Local Government Area of the State. Speaking during the visit, the State Project Coordinator (SPC), Mr. Olusoji Oyawoye said one of the components of L-PRES Project Development Objectives is to prevent crisis and conflict mitigation through the provision of fundamental needs of animal and the herders, such as feeds and water with a view to reducing migration of animal that usually led to farmers and herders conflict in the Country. Mr. Oyawoye, who spoke through the State Project Animal Husbandry Officer, Mr. Habeeb Tunde Affinni stated that the implementation of the project is strategically loca...

Kwara State Water Corporation on Saturday said it will shut down the Eastern line (in Ilorin) for some repairs from next Monday, April 15. "This is to inform  all consumers that we shall be shutting  down  Eastern line for repair job on the leakage  pipe  of  High Lift pump no. 5 from Monday  15th of April, hoping  to finish on or before  Thursday  18th  of April, 2024," according to a statement by Assistant General Manager (Mechanical & Electrical). The statement said the Corporation regrets the inconveniences this temporary shutdown may cause its customers. Signed  Engr. Sunday Bamidele  AGM M&E Dept., 0806 256 8154 For GM/CEO

Kwara State Government said it has received 12,058 bags of grains of maize, millet, and sorghum from the Federal Government. The breakdowns of the 12,058 are: 7,042 of 50kg bags of maize; 2,916 of 50kg bags of millet; and 2,100 of 50kg bags of sorghum (which are still being received as at today).  The state government also announced the receipt of 8,700 of 25kg bags of rice, according to a statement by the Commissioner for Communications Mrs Bola Olukoju.  The statement said the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Senator Abubakar Kyari will flag off the distribution of the grains in the state very soon — in manners that would follow the distribution template sent by the Federal Government. The state government has constantly supported the Kwara public to cope with the inconveniences that trailed the removal of fuel subsidy. Mrs Bola Olukoju  Commissioner for Communications April 11, 2024

Following stakeholders engagement meeting on land acquisition, the Kwara State Government has acquire land in both Ilorin East and Ilorin South Local Government Areas of Kwara State, for the purpose of citing the New  Ilorin SmartCity Estate, in the best interest of kwarans and the entire Nation. The Executive Chairman, Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KW-GIS), ESV Abdulkareem Babatunde Sulyman stated this of recent, when he paid a courtesy visit to the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Zulu Gambari (CON), in his palace, in Ilorin, the State Capital. The Chairman, commended the royal father for his fatherly roles at piloting the affairs of the Ilorin metropolis and environs, adding that motives behind the visit was to intimate the Royal Father of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's quest for the acquisition of about 20,065 hectares of land, in both Ilorin East and South Local Government Areas, respectively,  for the establishment of the New Ilorin SmartC...

I write to address the recent disinformation triggered by a recent report in the BBC on the Kankan LGEA School in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State.  I understand that the BBC report was a standalone story, which did not delve into the context of the peculiarity of the Kwara situation as a result of our history. The Honourable Commissioner for Communications Mrs Bola Olukoju has done justice to the story, and it is hoped that the BBC and our other friends in the foreign media are properly guided on the issue and related ones.  One of the biggest issues His Excellency Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq confronted in 2019 is the mismanagement and stealing of education intervention funds during the previous administration. Upon assuming office in 2019, however, the Governor addressed the mismanagement of funds that led to the official blacklist of the state from accessing UBEC funds for six consecutive years. His Excellency first paid N450m, which was the balance ...

The Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA), has deployed 365 Officers and Men for safe and hitch free movement of people and goods within the State during this year Eid celebration.                   The Ag. Chief Executive Officer of the Authority, Engineer Bamidele Michael  while making the statement in his office today Monday 8th April, 2024 stated that 80 personnel are on regular Mobile Patrol within the metropolis including the construction zones while 230 personnel are manning different gridlock prone points.  He further stated that 55 personnel were deployed to different highways to forestall any form of crash and proactively act in case of emergencies.  Bamidele explained that routes such as; Eyenkorin - Olooru - Bode-Saadu - Jebba, Ogbomoso - Otte - Airport, Zango – Oke-Ose – Oke-oyi and Ganmo - Amoyo - Ajase-Ipo highways are all under  surveillance by KWARTMA to ensur...

Kwara State Government has reaffirmed the ban on production of charcoal in the state, adding that the law is intact.  The State Commissioner for Environment, Mallam Shehu Ndanusa Usman revealed this during the week, a press session, in his office. According to him, "the law banning the production of charcoal in Kwara State is still intact. Whoever is caught violating the law will be sanctioned accordingly." The Commissioner therefore warned charcoal producers to stop illegal felling of trees and support government in its efforts to eradicate deforestation, to avoid destruction of the climate. Mallam Ndanusa also revealed that the taskforce on charcoal will continue to move round the state to ascertain the level of compliance and impound vehicles transporting charcoal out of the state.  He however implored the taskforce and law enforcement agents not to arrest small cars such as buses and taxi transporting within the state for domestic use and also not to indul...

• speaks on BBC story Kwara State Government has refuted claims that it is behind the current corruption trial of former Governor Abdulfatahi Ahmed, saying the burden of governance does not permit any distractions or targeting of anyone, including former public officials.  In a statement on Thursday, Kwara State Commissioner for Communications Bola Olukoju said the trial of the former Governor is the exclusive prerogative of the anti-graft agencies who may have found against him following their own investigations of different transactions involving his administration.  “We find the accusation of the opposition party as cowardly, baseless, and wrong-headed. The right place to prove the innocence of anyone accused of wrongdoing is the court of law, not on the pages of newspapers or through shadow-boxing. They should leave us out of the issue,” she said. “This administration has moved on from whatever happened in the past, except where historical references are inevit...