AbdulRazaq to spend N14b to improve facilities in primary schools

Date: 2019-09-06

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said on Thursday his administration will spend N14 billion on infrastructural deficits in primary schools

He added that the state would access N7 billion from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and the state's counterpart fund will also be N7 billion.

AbdulRazaq said no fewer than 1000 traders, market men and women and artisans will benefit from N1 billion soft loans to run their businesses under the Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) under consideration by the House of Assembly.

AbdulRazaq, who spoke to reporters in Ilorin, the state capital, at a breakfast meeting, added that the focus of his administration centres around human capital and infrastructural development, which would attract investments, combat poverty and take Kwara to the top of the table of revenue generation and competitiveness.

AbdulRazaq lamented that his administration inherited from his predecessor a culture of government officials selling off public properties to themselves at ridiculous prices, insisting the administration is disappointed at mindless mismanagement of public resources and would take steps to redress the excesses.

He listed his major landmarks as include fixing the perennial water crisis within Ilorin metropolis, taking Kwara out of its pariah status as the least performing state in UBEC ranking, getting contractors back to work to complete abandoned or uncompleted projects, paying counterpart funds that have changed the story of the state in health and education sector, paying years of arrears owed Colleges of education, and reaccreditation of the state's tertiary institutions, among others.

AbdulRazaq said his administration has done these without touching the N4.8 billion it inherited from the previous government, saying the fund is reserved to kick-start the state's social security programme and putting basic infrastructure in place.

Deputy Governor Kayode Alabi; Secretary to the Government Prof. Mamman Sabah Jibril; Chief of Staff to the Governor Aminu Adisa Logun; Head of Service Mrs. Susan Modupe Oluwole; and All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman Bashiru Bolarinwa.

AbdulRazaq also said Kwarans should expect something concrete on cabinet formation from next week, saying the delay had been due to wide consultations with all stakeholders within the ruling party and dismissing claims of rancour within its ranks.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

UNILORIN Alumni Association     Shehu Jimoh     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Fatimat Saliu     A.O. Belgore     Muritala Olarewaju     Quareeb     Adesina Simon Sodiya     COVID-19 Palliatives     Hamza Usman     Unilorin FM     Voices Of Tomorrow     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Kabir Shagaya     Balogun-Ojomu     Tuesday Assayomo     Third Estate     Idi-Ape     UTME     KWSUED     High Court     Sam Okaula     Asa     Emmanuel Bello     07039448763     Jide Ashonibare     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Olaitan Buraimoh     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Makama     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Radio SBS     Yakubu Dogara     Abiodun Oyedepo     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Aisha Gobir     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Sabi     Opobiyi     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Nigeria Computer Society     S.O. Opowoye     Arca Santa     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Royal FM     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Bolakale Saka     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Kwara Liberation Group     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Idris Garuba     Ndama Al-hassan     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     SWAN     Aro Yahaya     Bashirat Bola Bello     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Na\'Allah     Lafiagi     Farouk Salim     Read With Me     Ekiti     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Idowu Laro     TESCOM     Saba Mamman Daniel     March 18     Kwara United     Press Release     Oladimeji Thompson     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Olatunde Jare    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Alao Ayotunde     Rex Olawoye     Yaru     Sunset Workers     Idris Garuba     Offa Descendants Union     Tunde Oyawoye     JSSCE     Ibrahim Gambari     Rasheed Jimoh     Ayedun     Olupako     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Sambo Murtala     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Ilorin     Sheikh Alimi     Gani Saadu     Kayode Issa     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Col. Adedipe     Orisun Igbomina     Peter Amogbonjaye     Yomi Adeboye     Offa Grammer School     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     Oloje     Col. Ibrahim Taiwo     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Adesoye     Sadiq Umar     Mutawali     Innocent Okoye     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Seed Technologies     Nurudeen Muhammed     Bursary     Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu     Garba Idris Ajia     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Abdulkareem Alabi     20 Billion Bond     Ibrahim Mohammed     Amusement Park     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Eghe Igbinehi     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Yusuf Abubakar     Siraj Oyewale     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Yahaya Seriki     Taofeek Ibraheem     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Ahmad Olayiwola Kamaldeen     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Ilorin South     Afeyin-Olukuta     Nurudeen Mohammed     John Dara     Mohammed Lawal     Rashidi Yekini     Bashirat Bola Bello     Waziri Yakubu Gobir     Orisa Bridge     Doyin Awoyale     Isaac Gbenle     Yusuf Aiyedun     SGBN     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Bisi Oyeleke     Olusola Saraki     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Oke-opin     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners