Kwara Assembly scores water ministry low in performance

Date: 2017-12-13

The Kwara State House of Assembly Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources has expressed displeasure over the below-expectation performance of the state Ministry of Water Resources in the provision of portable water for residents of Ilorin metropolis due to paucity of funds to the ministry.

To this end, the House Committee has initiated a tripartite meeting between the legislature, the state governor Alhaji AbdulFatah Ahmed and the state Commissioner for Finance Mr Ademola Banu to address the cash backup problem, especially in the area of provision of portable water to the people of Ilorin metropolis.

The chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture and water resources, Hon. Ishaku Aliyu Adams gave this indication in ilorin,during the ministerial budget defense by the state commissioner for Water and Resources , Barrister Rasaq Akorede, before the committee.

The law maker described the water sector as an important one, which according to him, must not be neglected by the state government, and expressed confidence that the parley would address cash backing problems to the ministry.

He enjoined the state government to complete the first phase of Ilorin reticulation project by the first quarter of next year and provide palliative measure of putting water tankers in strategic places within the metropolis to cushion the effect of water problem among residents of the state capital.

On agriculture, the House Committee expressed satisfaction with the performance of the state Ministry of Agriculture's 77.6 per cent implementation of the 2017 budget,especially on the implementation of Off Taker Demand Driven Agriculture in which N 1 billion was accessed and disbursed to soya beans,maize, poultry and fish farmers.

Hon. Ishaku said that federal government tractor hiring and implement scheme,in which many states including Kwara state, keyed in, would soon arrive the state for the benefit of farmers.

The Committee expressed satisfaction that the N5.6bn budgetary allocation for agriculture in 2018, will have N3bn dedicated for procurement of fertilizer at subsidized rate of N5,700 per bag and procurement of N1bn improved soya beans and maize seedlings to farmers and consumers in the State.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ubandoma     Yashikira     Okin Group     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Amuda Bembe     Haliru Yahaya     KwaraLearn     Kayode Alabi     Donatus Ejidike     Erin-ile     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Tunde Akanbi     Yunus Lawal     Cornelius Adebayo     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Dagbalodo     Saadu Alanamu     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Salihu S. Yaru     Elerinjare     Ilorin General Hospital     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Www.Kwarareports.com     Oyedepo     Buari Edun     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Computer Based Test     Balogun Gambari     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Hassanat Bello     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Rotimi Oyedepo     International Vocational Centre     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Mumeen Lah     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Asa LGEA School     Frootify     Ajeigbe     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Mazars Consulting     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Moses Salami     Mufti Of Ilorin     Talaka Parapo     Idris Amosa Saidu     April 11     Unicontinental Construction Company     Chief Imam Of Offa     Abdulwaheed Musa     Jawondo     Wahab Isa     Earlyon Technologies     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Gobir Organization Foundation     JAMB     Curfew     John Dara     Sunday Fagbemi     Monsurat Omotosho     Ayedun     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Sango-UITH Road     Gurei     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     HICA     Oloye     Obasanjo     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Yekini Adio     Fatai Olodo    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Femtech     Offa Metropolitan Club     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Turaki Of Ilorin     Kumbi Titiloye     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Halidu Danbaba     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Plat Technologies Limited     Modupe Oluwole     Sunday Otokiti     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Hijaab     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Ajike People Support Centre     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Sidikat Alaya     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Tanke     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Yemi Osinbajo     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Council Of The Wise     Kwara Basketball Association     COEASU     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Raji AbdulRasaq     Isiaka Danmeromu     Esinrogunjo     Wale Oladepo     Bolakale Ayo     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Asa     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     KWACOBPA     Baboko Primary School     Bayer AG     KWASAA     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Adeola Abraham     Stephen Fasakin     AbdulRahman Saad     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Shehu Salau     Siraj Oyewale     Magaji Nda     Tsaragi     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Halimat Yusuf     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     07039448763     Adama Isa     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     New Nigeria People’s Party     Eleyele     General Hospital     Onilu     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Tunji Ajanaku     Atunwa     Amada Jidda     Hajj     Aliyu U. Tilde     Afonja Descendants Union     Balogun Fulani     Federal Allocation     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Toyin Falola     Fulani     Abubakar Lah     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Mary Arinde     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu