Kwara LG boss seeks maintenance of council's facilities, infrastructure

Date: 2017-01-10

Kazeem Adekanye, Chairman, Irepodun Local Government Council of Kwara, has urged the people to imbibe the culture of maintaining and protecting public infrastructure in their domains.

Adekanye made the call during a visit to Ansarul Islam Local Government Education Area (LGEA) Primary School in Ijomu-Oro, which was gutted by fire recently. An evening fire had last Friday destroyed the roof and walls of one block of two classrooms in the school.

He said the call for protection of public facilities and infrastructure was informed by the need to reduce waste of scarce resources in view of the nation's unimpressive economic situation.

"Maintaining government facilities in our care should be part of our topmost priority, that is the only way we can attract more goodwill in terms of our basic infrastructure from the government," he said.

Adekanye, who was at the school to assess the extent of damage, described the incident as unfortunate.

He added that absence of the pupils in the affected classrooms saved the situation from getting worse, expressing relief that no life was lost during the fire.

""We have to thank God first that there are no casualties during the incident as it could have been worse had it been the children were in school as at the time of the incidence," he said.

The council boss said the state government under the leadership of Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed was doing its best to impact the education sector.

He cited the primary schools renovation project across the 16 local government areas of the state as a good pointer to the administration's commitment to the education sector.

Adekeye pledged the council's readiness to partner with the state government in ensuring the desired transformation envisioned for the sector, especially at the grassroots.

He also used the visit to call for adequate legislation against bush burning to prevent unnecessary fire outbreak, particularly during the dry season.

Adekanye asked the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Irepodun Local Government Chapter, Gabriel Opatola, to come up with a comprehensive report on the fire for possible assistance.

He was accompanied on the visit by some principal officers of the council. Earlier, Opatola had briefed the chairman on the incident and said the effect had reportedly brought down the bricks on one side of the building.

He disclosed that all efforts by some youths and sympathisers to put out the fire had proved abortive.

He thanked Adekeye for his quick response to assess the incident and urged the council to come to the aid of the affected school.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oluwole Dupe     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Oluronke Adeyemi     Ijagbo     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Lanre Badmus     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Quarry Royal Valley     Saka Abimbola Isau     Mamman Saba Jibril     Modibbo Kawu     Saliu Oluwole     Saba Mamman Daniel     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Pakata Patriots     Taofeek Ibraheem     Baba Isale     LAK Jimoh     Aliyu Umar     Kabir Shagaya     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Babata     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Kisira     Baakini     Sabitiyu Grillo     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Sanusi Abubakar     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Bashir Adigun     Isaac Gbenle     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     NTA Ilorin     AGILE Programme     Moshood Mustapha     Tafida Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Okin Group     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Jaigbade Alao     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Ahmad Ali     Arinola Lawal     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Oke-Ero     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Agbarigidoma     Bashir Badawi     TIIDELab     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Bayo Onimago     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Lanre Olosunde     Students Union Government     MalHub     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Adama Isa     Gambari     CCT     Henry Olaosebikan     Muhammadu Buhari     Kayode Issa     Oniye     Offa Poly     John Olobayo     Titus Ashaolu     Gabriel Fashanu     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Edu     Ambassador Kayode Laro     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Ridwan Agboola     Adesoye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

New Nigeria People’s Party     Demola Banu     Fola Consultant     Bureau Of Lands     Bamidele Adegoke     Yoruba     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Alaro     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Mahe Abdulkadir     Ubandoma     Segun Ogunsola     Muhammed Danjuma     Jebba     Abdulfatai Baakini     Titus Ashaolu     John Kehinde Salako     Kulende-UITH     QuickWin     Magaji Are     Valsolar     Oba Abu     TETFUND     IYA ALFA NLA     Ganiyu Abolarin     Adamu Atta     Mohammed Haruna     Ibrahim Mohammed     Bature Bello     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Fatimoh Lawal     Okin High School     Offa Metropolitan Club     Albert Ogunsola     Daud Adeshola     Yusuf A. Usman     ARMTI     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Nigerian Medical Association     Offa Grammer School     Saba Mamman Daniel     Afonja     Budo Egba     Offa     Abdulraheem Olesin     John Obuh     Sodiya     School Of Nursing     Omu Aran     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Tayo Awodiji     Oniye     Shehu Salau     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Oke-Oyi     Kwara 2023     Jimoh Olusola Imam     David Oyedepo     S.O. Opowoye     Oke Sunna     Oba-Solagberu     N-Power     CKNG     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Charles Ibitoye     Ile Arugbo     Law School Scholarship     Bamidele Aluko     Admiralty Villa     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Bashirat Bola Bello     Kwara Polytechnic     Sam Onile     Akorede