Date: 2019-07-05

Education, FADAMA Ongoing industrial action across Kwara State Colleges of Education may end in the coming days, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq approving immediate payment of N250m to pay at least two months of their outstanding salary.

AbdulRazaq also assured the schools of subsequent prompt payment of their salary along with gradual offset of the arrears inherited from the previous administration under which the schools embarked on the strike.

The affected colleges are Kwara State College of Education, Oro; Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin; Kwara State College of Education (Technical) Lafiagi; Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), Ilorin; Kwara State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilorin and Kwara State College of Nursing, Oke Ode.

"The total amount the Governor released for salary payment is 250,774, 328.34. This covers salary for the months of May and June," Rafiu Ajakaye, spokesman for the Governor, said in a statement on Friday.

"Concerned about the status of the schools, the Governor also approved additional N25m for the College of Education Technical Lafiagi for immediate re-accreditation and N24.8m for CAILS for re-accreditation."

Ajakaye said this, along with similar steps over the last month, represents a bold step by the Governor to match words with action on his commitment to education, workers' welfare and socio-economic growth of the state.

"It is the intention of this administration to stabilise Kwara for growth. Greater things are coming but the Governor is working round the clock to first restore normalcy across all sectors," he said.

The Colleges of Education had long embarked on strike to protest the non-payment of their salary and other administrative issues, leading to the shutting down of the schools.

The statement said the Governor has also approved immediate payment of N49,786,667 as counterpart funds for FADAMA project.

The sum includes an outstanding of N13,914,667.00 third national FADAMA Development Project Additional financing for 2018 and N35,872,000 already due as 2019 counterpart fund for the same project.

An initiative of the World Bank, FADAMA is a project that seeks to empower local farmers with some funds to boost their production of staple foods like rice, cassava and sorghum in irrigable land area.

The project is financed through a counterpart funding arrangement between the World Bank and the participating states, including Kwara which had so far benefitted up to $4,685,500 since it keyed into the programme.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Diagnostic Centre     Saka Adeyemo     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Henry Olaosebikan     John Kehinde Salako     Seni Saraki     Aisha Buhari     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Temi Kolawole     Frootify     Lateef Alagbonsi     Valsolar Consultoria     Saheed Akinwumi     Okin Biscuit     Yunus Oniboki     Oba-Solagberu     Kaosarah Adeyi     Rashidi Yekini     Kayode Issa     Raheem Adaramaja     Nigerian Medical Association     Gabriel Fashanu     Gbajabiamila     Ajasse-Ipo     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Igbomina     Shero     Alfa Yahaya Road     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Salaudeen Oyewale     Danhawa     Abdulwahab Ololele     Shettima     Salary     Shehu Salau     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Moshood Bakare     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Afonja     Kaiama     Post Utme     SGBN     Ayobami Seriki     Basic Education Certificate Examination     Alikinla     Yahaya Seriki     Bolakale Saka     Gbenga Adebayo     Odolaye Aremu     Bayo Lawal     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     National Pilot     Ahmad Uthman     Christopher Odetunde     Law School Scholarship     Kale Bayero     Sarah Alade     Ayinde Oyepitan     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Saliu Shola Taofeek     Saad Omo Iya     Eleja     Omupo     Oniwa     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Garba Dogo     Kayode Laro     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Fatimoh Lawal     Convocation Ceremonies     Dagbalodo     Islamiya Abdulraheem    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Offa Descendants Union     Anilelerin     Haliru Yahaya     Isiaka Danmeromu     Isiaq Khadeejah     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Omu Aran     IHS Towers     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Moronfoye     Tanke Road     Abikan     Bond     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Mahe Abdulkadir     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Yakubu Dogara     Hijaab     Emir Of Ilorin     Bareke     John Olajide Adedipe     Akeem Lawal     Simon Sayomi     Towoju     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Musibau Akanji     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Laboratory-to-Product     Omu-aran     Ibrahim Gambari     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Ndakene     Ojuekun Sarumi     Baruba     Yusuf Mubarak     SARS     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     07039448763     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Rasaq Jimoh     Babaloja-General     Raji AbdulRasaq     CACOVID Palliatives     Kola Olota     Aiyedun     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Yahya Mohammed     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Toyin Saraki     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Ayinke Saka     Aliyu Salihu     Ilorin Airport     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Charles Ibitoye     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Yaman     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Ilorin Amusement Park     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Kwara NIPR     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Rebecca Bake     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     Asa LGEA School     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Lucky Omoluwa     Adedeji Onimago     Emmanuel Bello     Ayodele Shittu