Kwara State Ministry of Communications

L-R: Senior Special Assistant to Kwara State Governor on Infrastructure Engr Ladi Yusuf; Executive Chairman Kwara State Geographical Information Service (KW-GIS) Alhaji Suleiman Abdulkareem; Olofa of Offa Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye II; Commissioner for Works Hon. Abdulquawiy Olododo; and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye; during a visit to the Olofa's Palace in Offa, on Tuesday. - Works Commissioner, KW-GIS chief visit Offa, project sites in Ilorin Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq's passion for infrastructural and rural urban development is beyond doubt, Olofa of Offa said on Tuesday, calling on the people of the community to support the expansion and rehabilitation works recently approved for the popular Ibrahim Taiwo road. The Olofa spoke at his palace during a sensitisation visit by the Kwara State Commissioner for Works Engr. Abdulquawiy Olododo, where he sought public support for the extensive construction works. On the Commissioner’s entour

The State Commissioner for Health Dr Amina Ahmed El-lmam (middle) and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Hajia Afusat Adenike Ibrahim in a group photograph with Desk Officers on Gender Base Violence from various MDAs. Kwara State Government has totally condemned gender based violence across the state, even as it reiterated its stance against acts of violence, targeted in particular at girls and women in the society. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam, stated this today, at a closeout meeting, with members of Stand to End Rape Initiative, held at the Training of Trainers Hall, of the Ministry . Dr. El-Imam emphasized on the fact that, government is doing its best at sensitizing the public on dire consequences of violence against girls and women, warning it is a criminal offense in the State. The Commissioner called on Kwara residents, to join government in spreading further the awareness, as well as standing against gender based violence. She expressed a p

The General Manager, Kwara State Residents Registration Agency (KWASRRA), Mr. Tajudeen Jimoh addressing residents inside the Banquet Hall, Ilorin, Kwara State. The Kwara State Residents Registration Agency has called on all residents to ensure that their Tax Identification Numbers (TIN) are readily available before coming for registration in order to facilitate the registration exercise. The General Manger, Kwara State Residents Registration Agency, Mr. Tajudeen Jimoh, made this call today during the ongoing residents registration for Kwara State Civil Servants at the Banquet Hall in Ilorin, the State capital. Civil Servants present for the residents registration at the Banquet Hall, Ilorin, Kwara State Addressing Civil Servants, who have expired Tax Identification Number ID cards, Mr. Jimoh noted that the numbers on the expired cards are still valid for registration, advising them to renew the cards after the registration for future purposes. He added that thos

Presentation of Compensation Cheque by the Executive Chairman, KW-GIS, ESV Abdulkareem B. Sulyman to Alangua Jehunkunu, Jimoh Adisa Salau at the event. The Kwara State Government has compensated customary land owners for the hectares of land acquired for phase one of the livestock project in Malete/Ipaye District of Moro Local Government Area of the State. Speaking at an event to compensate the land owners recently, the Executive Chairman of the State Geographic Information Service, ESV Abdulkareem Babatunde Sulyman, disclosed that 3000 hectares of land had been acquired from Jehunkunu and Belko families respectively at Malete/Ipaye District, Moro Local Government Area where the livestock project would be sited. Presentation of Compensation Cheque by the Executive Chairman, KW-GIS, ESV Abdulkareem B. Sulyman to the representative of Daudu Malete, Engr Sulaiman K. Yusuf According to him, the purpose of the project was to boost agricultural as well as economic act

The Executive Chairman, KWGIS Esv Abdulkareem Babatunde Sulyman(middle) in a group photograph, by his right, the Honourable Commissioner(MOE) Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge to his left, the Permanent Secretary (MOE) Alh. A. Ayinla and other top management, shortly after the meeting at the KWGIS premises. In its bid to ensure a clean, safe and healthy environment across the State, the Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KWGIS), ESV Abdulkareem Babatunde Sulyman has assured the Kwara State Commissioner for Environment of a purpose driven collaboration towards achieving a cleaner State. The Executive Chairman, disclosed this today, when the Commissioner, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge paid a courtesy visit to the Lands Administration headquarters in Ilorin.  According to him, "we are partners in progress and working towards the same goals and objectives, we are fully aware of your clean Kwara exercise and we are ready to collaborate with all MDAs wor

The attention of the Kwara State Government has been drawn to reports that women in Baruten Local Government Area (LGA) are being charged ₦1,500 for registration in the ongoing P-BAT Empowerment Program.  This program, aimed at providing support to vulnerable women across the 16 LGAs of Kwara State, is a key initiative designed to mitigate the effects of subsidy removal and empower our citizens. We wish to categorically state that the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs in collaboration with Kwara State Ministry of Women Affairs mandated that this registration is to be conducted free of charge. No individual, organization, institution or any bank has been authorized to collect any fees in connection with this program. The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Opeyemi Oluwakemi Afolashade has made it clear that since she assumed office, the Ministry has not entered into any agreement or collaboration with any Bank or any other financial institution concerning this empowerment p

The State Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge inspecting one of the Consultant's waste management vehicles, while the Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Ayinla Abubakar, Chairman of the Association, Alhaji Zakariyahu Tahir and others watched at the Ministry Headquarters, GRA, Ilorin, of recent . The state Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge has charged Waste Management Consultants to be proactive at the discharge of their duties to the public, even as she inspects their operational vehicles, to ascertain its efficiency and durability.  The Commissioner gave the charge in Ilorin over the weekend, during the inspection, at the Ministry of Environment premises, GRA, Ilorin. According to her: "Government will not treat the issue of indiscriminate dumping of refuse with kid gloves because, we can not shy away from our civic responsibilities and allow epidemics to take over the state. We as a Government are doing our best to totally eradicat

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced 40 persons to a 3-month jail term each for violation of the Kwara State Environmental Law. The defendants, who are residents of Ilorin, were arraigned on different charges ranging from indiscriminate disposal of refuse, encroachment, and illegal scavenging. They all pleaded guilty to the offenses. Presiding Magistrate Saidu Tunde Abdulkareem sentenced the defendants to 3 month imprisonment each, with an option of 50,000 fine, in line with the provisions of section 5 subsection 1- 4 of the State Environmental Law. Thirty-one of the defendants were arrested for indiscriminate disposal of refuse, while nine were apprehended for illegal scavenging, the Court held. Speaking on the judgment, the State Commissioner for Environment and Forestry, Hon Nafisat Buge, who welcomed the development, said the motive behind the continuous enforcement of the Environmental Law was to curb the outbreak of diseases, flood disa

Commissioner for Finance, Dr Hauwa Nuru presenting her paper on the importance of teamwork and collaboration of healthcare professionals at the health workers training seminar in enhancing patients care and customer service for Health care professionals in the State. The Commissioner for Finance, Dr. Hauwa Nuru, has applauded the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for his commitment to improving the welfare of healthcare workers through various health intervention programmes in the State. Dr. Nuru stated this while delivering a lecture on the importance of teamwork and collaboration in the healthcare sector during a seminar organized by the Kwara State Hospital Management Board (KW-HMB) for healthcare workers across the State.The event was held at the Ministry of Health in Ilorin, the State Capital. L-R-The Executive Secretary, Kwara State Hospital Management Board (KW-HMB), Dr. Abdulraheem Malik, Honourable Commissioner for Finance, Dr Hauwa Nuru and

Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday presented 250 sets of desktop computers to Igbaja Computer Based Training (CBT) Centre in Ifelodun Local Government to support Igbaja community and ease the sitting for JAMB and other CBT examinations by school children. At the commissioning of the CBT Centre built by Major General Adelokun Eyitayo, as part of a special intervention project of the Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja in June, the Governor pledged that the state government will support the Centre with computers to make it fully functional and compliant with JAMB standard.  Presenting the gadgets on Thursday in Igbaja, the Governor said the step was to reduce the challenges faced by students of the district during the JAMB examinations. The Governor was represented at the event by the Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr. Mary Arinde, who was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Sabitiyu Grillo and other

R-L: Chief Magistrate Ibrahim Dansuki, Senior Special Assistant to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sanitation, Alhaji Yakub Agodi, Senior Special Assistant to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Environmental Protection, Muazu Muhammad, State Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge, Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Ayinla Abubakar, Director Personnel Finance and Supply, Taiwo Okanlawon, Director Environment, Mrs Mary Mustapha and others during the Inauguration of the Environmental Taskforce at the Ministry's Headquarters, Ilorin, today. *...lists new strategies for enforcement* In its bid to sustain a clean and healthy environment, the Kwara State government has inaugurated a 300-man surveillance taskforce to check indiscriminate dumping of refuse in the Ilorin metropolis. The State Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge disclosed this during the official inauguration of the environmental taskforce held at the Ministry's Conference hall, to

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Communications, Alh. Yahaya Mohammed (middle); receiving a Special Merit Award Presented by the Kwara State Command of the UN Rescue Services (UNRS) to the Hon. Commissioner for Communications, Mrs. Bolanle Olukoju. The award is presented by Mr. Ndanusa Bello (right) and Mr. Akande Emmanuel (left), the State Coordinator and Deputy Coordinator, respectively.

The Chairman, House Committee on Health and Environment, Hon.Rasaq Owolabi (left) and Honorable Commissioner for Health Dr Amina Ahmed El-lmam displaying the documents today at the event . In a bid to promote an exclusive breastfeeding of children, particularly in the first one thousand days of its existence, to check infants mortality and ensure cognitive development, the Kwara State Government today launched two important documents, aimed at promoting nutrition, among babies, pregnant women and nursing mothers in the State and environs. The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq dropped this hint in Ilorin today, at the launching ceremony of the documents, held at the Headquarters of the State Ministry of Health, Fate, Ilorin . The Governor who was represented by the State Commissioner for Health, Dr Amina Ahmed El-lmam disclosed that the documents would promote and support infants, pregnant women and nursing mothers with essential vitamins an

Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Usman Yunusa Lade (5th left); Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Christiana Omolola Asonibare (6th right); Director, Water Engineering Services, Engr. Yusuf Wopa (5th right); President, Ibolo Consumers Advocacy Association of Nigeria, Engr. Tajudeen Iwalola (4th left); and others during the courtesy visit. The Kwara State Government has reassured residents of the state of its continuous commitment to providing them with essential basis social amenities for the comfort of all and sundry. The State Commissioner for Water Resources, Hon. Usman Yunusa Lade gave the assurance in his office when the Representatives of Ibolo Consumers Advocacy Association of Nigeria, Offa, paid him a courtesy visit in Ilorin, the state capital. The Commissioner stated that the state government is fully aware of the potable water supply challenge being faced by the people of Offa and Oyun axis. Lade stressed that as part of the state government's efforts to address

The Commissioner, Ministry of Youths Development Hon. Shehu Ndanusa Usman (Second left) with representatives of the Nigerian Youths Parliament . The Kwara State Commissioner for Youths Development, Hon. Shehu Ndanusa Usman has assured Kwarans of a successful International Youths Day celebration, as the State is scheduled to host the Nigerian Youths Summit, to be celebrated for the first time outside the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Commissioner made this known while playing host to the State APC Youths Leader and representatives of the Nigeria Youths Parliament in his office. L-R. The Commissioner, Ministry of Youths Development, Hon. Shehu Ndanusa Usman with the APC State Youths Leader, Hon. Sulaiman Duduyemi. Hon. Ndanusa emphasized that the incredible impact of young people in driving digital innovation for sustainable development will be celebrated, reiterated the support of His Excellency, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in ensuring that youths rece