Tag: Kwara State

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has dissolved the state executive council with effect from 18th January 2018. Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, who made the announcement in a statement, issued in Ilorin, the state capital on Thursday, said Special Advisers, Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The people of Kwara state, because of the tax they pay, now put the state government on its toes and have stopped being complacent. The Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS), Muritala Awodun, who stated this on Tuesday in Ilorin, the state capital, while briefing journalists on…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin A Kwara state-born female Presidential Aspirant, Professor Mercy Olufunmilayo Adesanya-Davies, is to contest the 2019 presidential election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The Professor of Language and Communication Arts at the Rivers State University of Education, who made this known in a statement she personally signed and…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The umbrella body of the socio-cultural organisations in Ilorin Emirate, Kwara state, the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), has decried the increasing wave of activities of cultists and ritualists, particularly in the Emirate and the state at large. The National President of IEDPU, Ambassador Uthman AbdulAzeez, has, therefore, called on…

By Stephen Oni, Ilorin The Kwara state Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has advocated a reduction in the counterpart fund payable by state governments as matching grants for the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) programme. The governor, who made the call while receiving members of the UBEC monitoring team led by its Deputy Director of Planning,…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has assured Kwarans of his readiness to deploy the law and public fund to achieve peace, unity and progress in the state The governor made this commitment in Ilorin on Tuesday in separate meetings with leaderships of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Kwara State…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed the management of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin to reduce tuition fees payable for the 2017/2018 academic session. The new approved tuition fees are lower than the 2016/2017 fees. Governor Ahmed’s approval is in line with the recommendations of the Committee he set…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin Kwara State community and Social Development Agency (KWCSDA) has presented a cheque of N34 million naira to 16 community beneficiaries of the World Bank assisted Community Development Projects in Kwara State. The 16 communities were spread across eight Local governments in Kwara North, Central and South bringing the total number of…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin The newly elected President of the umbrella body of all socio – cultural organisations in Ilorin Emirate, the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU), Ambassador Sheik AbdulAzeez Uthman, has declared that his administration would be development-driven. Uthman, who spoke after the inauguration of the new executives of the union in Ilorin,…

By Steve Oni, Ilorin One thousand one hundred (1,100) participants from Kwara state under the Future Assured training programme of the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari, Hajia Aisha Buhari have graduated. Speaking at the graduation ceremony which was held at the Kwara State Government House premises on Wednesday, Mrs. Buhari disclosed that beneficiaries were trained…