Kwara Expends Over N11billion On Infrastructure

Date: 2018-07-08

The Kwara state government said that it had expended over N11billion on infrastructure across the state between December 2016 and December 2017.

Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communications, Dr Muhideen Akorede explained that the fund was expended under the government's special funding window tagged Kwara Infrastructure Development Fund (IF-K).

Akorede who explained that the council received report on the state's IGR reform under which IF-K got its funding between December 2016 and December 2017, said N4.97bn was expended on existing projects while N6.07bn was spent on new projects.

Speaking further, Akorede who explained that projects captured under Kwara Public and Private Partnership Bureau was the branding and repositioning of Kwara Hotels, said the Hotel would be benchmark against best practice, saying NOVOTEL and IBIS would handle the project under Accorde Hotel Group.

"The state government would retain the ownership of the Hotel but will offer Kwarans the opportunity to be part owners through crowd funding arrangement.

"This arrangement will be 100 percent local contents and expected to create over 1,500 indirect local jobs to artisans, 500 jobs for professionals and 182 direct jobs after completion", Akorede explained.

Also speaking, the commissioner for information and communications, Alhaji Mohammed Ishiak Sabi, said council also considered requests from experts on the upward review of contract sum of Diamond Split Underpass, Kulende-UITH-Oke-Ose and Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara roads projects.

According to the commissioner, the council after thorough deliberations on expertise's advice, decided to approve the upward review of Split Diamond Underpass from N2,930,847,252.06 to N3,639,444,659.04, making a difference of N708,597,407.33.

Sabi added that Kunlende -UITH-Oke-Ose road project was reviewed upward from N2,385,217,963.01bn to N3,47,86,789.16bn and the Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara road was increased from N2,156,953,404.88bn to N2,361,904,549.71bn.

According to the commissioner, the upward review of the contract sum becomes imperative so as to take care of some unforeseen circumstances that might jeopardise the life span of the projects.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Aliyu Umar     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Egbejila     Kamoru Kadiri     Dogara     AGF Abdulrazaq     MalHub     Olofa Of Offa     Monthly Sanitation     Kwara NIPR     Bayo Ajia     Ahmed Dankaya     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Bukola Ajikobi     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Kanu Agabi     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Dagbalodo     Awwal Jawondo     Olaoye B. Felix     Ayodele Shittu     Doyin Group     Abdullahi Dasilva Yussuf     Amuda Musbau     Nnazua     Elese Of Igbaja     Share-Tsaragi     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Kola Adesina     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Alfa Belgore     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     National Association Of Nigerian Students     Irepodun     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Sulaiman Gado     Adebara     Alaaya     Rasheed Jimoh     Okiki     Moses Afolayan     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Ajidagba     Ahman Pategi     Overland     Emir Of Lafiagi     Emir Of Ilorin     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Umar Ayinla Saro     Segun Olawoyin     Sidikat Alaya     Farouk Salim     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     George Innih     Michael Nzwekwe     TVC Female National Debate     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Lucky Omoluwa     Seed Technologies     Oniyangi     Busari Alabi Alausa     Eleyele     Imam Gambari     Ajakaye     Haleeman Salman     Bankole Omisore     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Alliance For Democracy     Kishira     AGILE Programme     James Kolo     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Kamaldeen Gambari     Ilorin Metro Park     Ahmed Bayero    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Neo Mundo Ltd     Rafiu Olasile     Yunus Lawal     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ilofa     Hussein Oloyede     David Oyedepo     Oluronke Adeyemi     Oniwasi Agbaye     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Olomu     Obuh     Cornelius Adebayo     Moshood Mustapha     Tunde Kazeem     Kishira     Ilota     Saadatu Modibbo-Kawu     Read With Me     Al-Hikmah University     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Harmony Holdings     IPSAS     Asa     National Pilot     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Adeleke Ogungbe     Ita-Nmo Market     Mashood Dauda     Facemasks     Erubu     Agor Market     Nurudeen Muhammed     Femi Gbajabiamila     Khairat Gwadabe     Maryam Ado Bayero     Dorcas Afeniforo     Kwara Restoration Project     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Woro     Funke Adedoyin     Abdullahi Atanda     New Model Police Station     Galland Marcias     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Modupe Oluwole     Village Alive Development Association     Oke-Ero     Ilorin East     Adaramaja     Ben Duntoye     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Mufutau Olatinwo     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Y.A. Abdulkareem     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Logun     Afonja Descendants Union     Justina Oha     Just Event Online     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Adama Isa     Elesie Of Esie     Baba Issa Awoye     Kwara State Football Association     Amos Sayo     Magaji Nda     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Mohammed Yisa     Zara Umar     TETFUND     Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund     Jide Ashonibare