ABDULRAZAQ MEETS BUHARI, SEEKS SUPPORT FOR KWARA DEVT

Date: 2020-01-13

*President commends Gov for his giant strides.

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday briefed President Muhammadu Buhari about some developmental challenges he inherited in the north central state and the steps he has taken to gradually reposition it.

"The Governor held a one-on-one meeting with the President on Monday at the Villa in Abuja to keep him abreast of the situation he met on the ground especially as regards infrastructural deficits in the area of water, roads, education, health, and agriculture," according to a statement by AbdulRazaq's Chief Press Secretary Rafiu Ajakaye.

"His Excellency also told Mr. President how he has been tackling these challenges such as gradually restoring potable water in the state capital and other parts of the state, the payment of various counterpart funds in the health sector, how he has returned UNICEF back to the state after many years, the blacklisting of Kwara State by UBEC and the payment of the N450m debt to restore the relationship, among many other steps he has taken."

The statement said AbdulRazaq also told Buhari about how he quickly ended the strike across the Colleges of Education when he assumed office and how he had since paid over N700m to settle their salary arrears. He also narrated to the President how his administration has restored constant and timely payment of salary of workers, subventions and running costs across various ministries.

He also explained to the President that Kwara is already keying into various developmental projects of the Federal Government, including passing the state's Social Investment Programme law that provides for school feeding, soft loans for marketers, and conditional cash transfer for the elderly to cut poverty rate.

"The Governor meanwhile appealed to the President on the condition of Federal Roads in the state. He also told the President that the state will construct the Kosubosu-Bode Saadu Road to open up Kwara State. He also urged the President to give special attention to the roads. He also told Mr President that Kwara wants a Federal College of Education. He equally requested the fast tracking of the National Livestock Transformation Programme because Kwara wants to be an integral part of it, especially the dairy component of the programme," the statement said.

President Buhari, for his part, commended AbdulRazaq for the visit, his giant strides, and his ongoing efforts in repositioning the state.

Buhari promised to look into his requests for the development of Kwara and Nigeria as a whole, the statement added.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Guber Aspirant     Plat Technologies Limited     Saka Isau     Ado Ibrahim     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Saraki     Bahago     Yusuf Mubarak     United Nigeria Congress Party     Oyeyemi Olasumbo Florence     A.O. Belgore     Saadu Yusuf     AIT Ilorin     Frootify     Arandun     Balogun Gambari     Simon Sayomi     Femi Ogunsola     Baruten     Henry Makinwa     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Chief Imam Of Offa     Ariyo     Farouk Salim     Millennium Development Goals     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Quranic Recitation Competition     Overland     Donatus Ejidike     Col. Taiwo     Nagode     Hassan Oyeleke     Yeketi     Raji AbdulRasaq     Oluranti Idowu     Ramadan     Sabo-Oke     John Kehinde Salako     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Olabode George Towoju     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Code Of Conduct     Noah Yusuf     Ashiru     Labaeka     James Ayeni     Ndakene     Federal Allocation     Ronke Adeyemi     LAK Jimoh     Kwara State Council Of Chiefs     Tunji Arosanyin     GANZY     Isiaka Oniwa     Kola Shittu     Dunmade     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Special Adviser On Digital Innovation     Temi Kolawole     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Galadiman Ngeri     Alaro     Ibrahim Akaje     Abubakar B.M     Reuben Paraje     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Wasiu Onidugbe     Adedipe     Hussein Olokooba     Salihu Ajia     Photo News     Village Alive Development Association     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Mutawali     Kwara Volleyball Association    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Adeniyi Ojo     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Yunus Lawal     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Garment Factory     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Eleja     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Talaka Parapo     Government High School Adeta     Oke-Oyi     NAWOJ     Amuda Aluko     Ibrahim Gambari     Belgore     Oluronke Adeyemi     Bareke     Kaosarah Adeyi     Law School Scholarship     Samuel Adedoyin     Saidu Yaro Musa     Sunday Otokiti     Jawondo     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Pakata Patriots     Kolo     Mumeen Lah     Durbar Festival     Zara Umar     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Abdulquowiyu Olododo     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Omotoso     Yusuf Arowosaye     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Sheikh Alimi     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Goodluck Jonathan     Ronke Adeyemi     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Umar Adelodun     Ibrahim Labaika     Idowu Aremu     Sodiya     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Makama Of Kaiama     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Babaloja-General     GAMA     Kwara Consultative Forum     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Ahmed Saidu Rufai     Aminat Ahmed     SSUCOEN     Kaiama     Wahab Olasupo Egbewole     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Bamidele Adegoke     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Suleiman Mora Omar     Azeez Bello     Sunday Fagbemi     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     United Nigeria Congress Party     Saraki     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Kwarareports     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Salihu Ajia     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Lotus Bank     Ijagbo