Kwara State Ministry of Communications

The Kwara State Government has commissioned the newly renovated Magajingeri Primary Health Centre (PHC) at the Ilorin West Local Government Area of the State today, making it the third primary health centre to be commissioned this week by the Government. Highlighting the government's commitment to improving healthcare services across the State, the Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-lmam emphasized Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq's dedication to providing quality healthcare infrastructure, noting that the Governor approved the complete renovation and equipping of the Magajingari PHC. Dr. El-lmam urged residents of Magajingari and its environs to cherish, protect, and utilize the facility, underscoring the importance of community involvement in healthcare initiatives. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Special Duty, Alhaji Jidah Abdulrasaq expressed gratitude to the State Government for the renovation, stressing the pivotal role of PHCs in grassroots heal...

The Kwara State Government in Partnership with the Health Advocacy Development, "PLAN Foundation" has launched a special intervention programme on clubfoot treatment and management.  The State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-lmam made this known during the engagement meeting with the PLAN Foundation at the Ministry’s headquarters, Fate road, Ilorin.  Dr El-Imam said the commitment of the State Government to strengthening health care service delivery in all areas, keeps endearing and attracting development partners to the State. She then appreciated the new partner for choosing Kwara for the project, describing it as a welcome development with assurance of an enabling environment for quality performance. Clubfoot is a birth defect in which the foot or feet of a baby is twisted out of shape or position. The cause of clubfoot is unknown. Babies with clubfoot are usually otherwise healthy. In her address, the Executive Director, PLAN Health Advocacy and F...

The Government of Kwara State is committed to making water available to all the citizen of the state within 500-meter radius for every resident. Consequent upon this, The State Government through the Ministry of Water Resources had continue to make giant stride in Water Sector by executing several Water Expansion Projects to make water available to all and sundry. The Ministry’s activities between the periods under review are as follows; - The Ministry was granted approval for the payment to complete Fourteen (14) Ongoing projects such as Rehabilitation of Oyun Waterworks (Lot 2) 100% Completion - Construction of New Jebba Waterworks 100% Completion - Rehabilitation of Asa Dam Waterworks 100% Completion -Extension of Offa Water Works Pipeline Distribution 100% Completion - Rehabilitation of Afon Waterworks 100% Completion - Rehabilitation of  Okuta Waterworks 100% Completion - Replacement of Grip-l Beam Lamella Clarifier at Asa Dam 100% Completion...

Kwara State Ministry of Social Development, under the leadership of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq CON, has, in the last one year, performed greatly that it should better be called an Hamlet of hope and tower of strength for kwarans. Through this ministry, His Excellency has provided array of services to the citizens of the state in numerous areas like social enlivening programs to people which I would not call the poor rather the ones at lower par of economy. The categories cut across the disabled, teeming youths, less privilege, aged and couple of others. Some of the achievements are discussed below: First, Social Serenity is one of the important areas that the administration did not be overlook, and for which His Excellency has been greatly commended. The Ministry, through its Commissioner, Hon Chief Mrs. Afolashade Opeyemi Oluwakemi, has been encumbered with the task of ridding the Ilorin metropolis off beggars and mentally challenged people whose activities has helped...

... Govt to flag-off HPV Vaccination in the State The Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam, today received the World Health Organization (WHO) Country Representatives, UNICEF Representatives and other partners in her office ahead of the flag-off of the HPV Vaccination in the State.  The WHO Country Representative, Dr. Walter Kazadi Mulombo, in his remarks, commended Kwara's efforts in combating diseases, particularly highlighting the State's proactive stance on the prevention of cervical cancer.  Expressing a keen interest in understanding the strategies behind Kwara's success in the Health sector, especially on the outbreak of diseases control response, Dr. Mulombo emphasized the importance of vigilance in disease eradication programs and called for strengthened partnerships to address challenges effectively. The United Nation Children Fund (UNICEF) representative, Dr. Eduorado Celades Blanco while intimating the Commissioner on his org...

(Cross section of Community members of Ijara Isin at the Occasion.) The Kwara State Drug Control Committee (KWDCC) in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) and the Office of the First Lady of Kwara State have taken the mass mobilization campaign against drugs abuse to Ijara Isin Community in a bid to sensitize the people on the dangers of drug abuse and its dire consequences on the society. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-lmam disclosed this today during a sensitization programme at Ijara Isin Community town Hall, Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. The Commissioner who was represented by the  Deputy Director of Pharmaceutical services, Pharmacist Olalekan Salako, highlighted the effects of drug abuse which include untimely deaths and mental disorders, urged youths and students to desist from taking any hard drugs which could destroy their lives. Dr El-Imam called on the people at the grassroots to shun all forms of dru...

Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KwSUBEB) at the weekend conducted an examination for its workforce, who are due for the 2022 promotion exercise in the state. The examinees comprise teachers and non-teaching staff and those who are working at the Board’s headquarters.  The exercise, which took place across the examination centers in the sixteen local governments of the state, started at 9am. The Executive Chairman of the Board, Prof Sheu Raheem Adaramaja, who monitored some of the centers in Ilorin, expressed satisfaction with the turnout and comportment of the candidates.  He was accompanied on the visit by the Permanent Secretary, State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Rebecca Olarewaju Bake; and some other  principal officers of the agency.  Among the examination centers visited include St’ Bananas Junior Secondary School (JSS) in Ilorin South LG; United JSS Ilorin West; QUEEN Elizabeth JSS Ilorin  E...

• Zone hosts maiden stakeholders’ meeting, seeks more A-list appointments • ⁠River Niger dredging, Ajaokuta on agenda • President values NC, committed to national growth: SGF • Region expresses concerns over treatment of Plateau APC lawmakers  • Commends President Tinubu's deft handing of national issues, reforms Governors and leadership of the ruling APC in the North Central on Saturday held a high-powered zonal meeting during which issues affecting the growth of the party and developmental priorities of the region were discussed. The meeting specifically commended President Bola Tinubu for his impressive handling of national issues, including the reforms which the meeting observed would enhance sustainable development.  Held in Lafia, the capital city of Nasarawa State, the leaders drummed support for the establishment of the North Central Development Commission (NCDC) to tackle issues affecting the region, particularly huge infrastructural deficits, banditry and...

From the 5th left-Right, Dr Yusuf Jimoh;Prof Salman (University Librarian), Hon. Commissioner for Solid Minerals, Dr. Afeez Abolore Alabi; Dr Jimoh Ajadi; Prof James and other management staff of the Ministry and KWASU during the courtesy call on how to synergize to eradicate illegal mining in the State. The Kwara State Government has again reiterated its commitment to working with the Kwara State University, (KWASU), Malete and the University of Ilorin on forging collaborative efforts with the academia to develop the solid minerals sector of the State. The Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, Dr Afeez Abolore Alabi disclosed this while speaking at the campuses of the two Universities. At the Department of Geology and Minerals Science of KWASU, the Commissioner emphasized the need for the University to support the Government by bringing up past researches identified to be relevant to knowledge in order to aid the ongoing repositioning efforts of the solid minerals s...

A newly built ward at General Hospital, Ilorin. Please be informed that the HPV vaccine (Human Papillomavirus vaccine) will be available starting next Monday, 27th May 2024, at the Immunization Unit of General Hospital, Ilorin. Parents and guardians are encouraged to get it for their daughters aged 9 to 14 years. Prevention is better than cure. Come for the vaccination. S.O. Ibrahim HOD, Immunization General Hospital, Ilorin

• DPMs to take charge as KWSIEC issues LG election date Directors of Personnel Management (DPM) are to take charge of the administration of the 16 local government areas of Kwara State until a new election is held in September.  This effectively dissolves the Transition Implementation Committees (TICs) earlier appointed to manage the councils pending new local government elections. This development comes a few days after the Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWSIEC) slated the next local council election for September 21, 2024. Mrs Modupe Iyabo Adekeye Permanent Secretary, Kwara State Ministry of Local Government, Chieftaincy Affairs, and Community Development  May 24, 2024

( The Permanent Secretary, Hajia Afusat Ibrahim, (M) TIC Chairman Asa LGA, Alhaji Abdulganiyu Atebise, Mogaji Are, Alhaji Zubair Aremu, Engr Musa Yeketi and others at the official commissioning of the newly renovated Alapa Primary Health Center, Alapa Town, Asa LGA ) In yet another laudable stride to further improve the quality of health care delivery for citizens, the Kwara State Government today commissioned the newly renovated Primary Health Care Centre at Alapa Town in Asa Local Government Area of the State.  The Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-lmam in her remarks at the commissioning urged the people of Alapa Town and its environs to compliment Government’s gesture by owning and protecting the facility.  The Permanent Secretary of the Kwara State Ministry of Health, Hajia Afusat Adenike Ibrahim who represented the Commissioner, explained that the massive renovation of health centres across the State was borne out of the Government's concern about th...

The Kwara State Government, in partnership with the Health Accelerated Papilloma Prevention Initiative (HAPPI), has expressed readiness to vaccinate 300,000 girls from ages 9-14 years in the State with Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine, to prevent the surge of cervical cancer. The State Mobilization Officer, Kwara State Primary Health Care Development Agency, Dr. Dupe Shittu, disclosed this over the weekend during a state engagement meeting with Media Stakeholders at the E-Phoenix Hotel, GRA, Ilorin. Dr. Shittu stated that "HPV, or Human Papilloma Virus is an endemic group of viruses that can infect the genital areas of both men and women, while many HPV infections can be treated naturally." Dr. Shittu, emphasised that the HPV is a global and second most contagious virus as it is a second most common cancer in women globally, adding that 31,421, 000 deaths have been recorded annually, while Nigeria recorded 7, 968,000 death yearly. "Cervical ...

L-R: Chief Press Secretary Rafiu Ajakaye; Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq(CON); Commissioner for Works & Transport, Hon. Abdulquawiy Olododo; and Special Adviser on Special Duties Alhaji Abdulrazaq Jiddah; during on the spot inspection of the ongoing construction of Eiyenkorin-Afon-Ojoku-Offa-Odo-Otin road, on Thursday. Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday inspected the 49-kilometre Eiyenkorin-Afon-Ojoku-Offa-Odo Otin road project, which is now under construction. The road, which is certain to unleash vast socioeconomic growth along that corridor, is one of the four major roads that the Governor facilitated under the FG's tax credit scheme and are being constructed by the BUA Group. The three others are: Lafiagi-Shonga-Bacita (83km); Bode Saadu-Kaiama-Kosubosu(130km); and Okuta-Gwanara-Bukuro (32km).  These massive road projects complement several other intra-state road networks and the urban renewal initiative of Governor AbdulRazaq within the st...

(Former Senior Special Adviser to President Buhari, Tolu Ogunlesi (2nd left); Commissioner for Works and Transport Engr. AbdulQuawiy Olododo (2nd right); Commissioner for Energy, Engr. AbdulAzeez Kola AbdulGaniy (3rd right); and others in a group photograph during the stakeholders' engagement) The Kwara State Government has affirmed its commitment to partner with the Presidential Compressed Natural Gas Initiative (P-CNGi) on cleaner environment, as a palliative to cushion the aftermath of removal of fuel subsidy by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The Commissioner for Energy, Engr. AbdulAzeez Kola AbdulGaniy, stated this at the North Central 2 and South West 2 Stakeholder engagement event held today at the E-Phoenix Hotel, Ilorin, the State Capital.  According to him, "Compressed natural gas is part of the most cleanest and cheapest fuel today and it reduces harmful emission which can lead to environmental hazards....