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.

Hamidu Olowo     Raymond Olaitan     Yusuf Abubakar     Adaramaja     Ahmed Dankaya     Principal Private Secretary     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Mufutau Olatinwo     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Alagbado     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Government High School Adeta     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Kumbi Titiloye     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Raheem Adaramaja     Balogin Alanamu     Muhammed Taofeeq Abdulrazaq     Suleiman Abubakar     Apado     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Pius Abioje     Nagode     Suleiman Mora Omar     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Samuel Adedoyin     Harmony Holdings     Olaosebikan     Garba Ado Sanni     Grillo     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Ita-Ore     Ahmad Uthman     Kolo     Harrison Osauwagboe     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Wahab Egbewole     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Women Radio     Shao     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     George Funsho Adebayo     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Government House     Emir Of Ilorin     University Road     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Yakubu Shaaba     Kwara State Government     General Hospital     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Tope Daramola     Alaro     Femi Ogunsola     Alfa Belgore     Kubra Kazum     Olokoba     Obuh     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Kayode Alabi     Ibrahim Mashood     Olawuyi     Lithium     Al-Hikmah University     IHS Towers     Kwarareports.com     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Waheed Ibrahim     Ahman Pategi University     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Kaiama     David Oyedepo     Na\'Allah     Neuropsychiatric Hospital    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Rueben Parejo     Sola Saraki University     Gobir Organization Foundation     National Party Of Nigeria     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Dele Momodu     Kwara University Of Education     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Grillo     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Lawan     Teachers Specific Allowance     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Orisun Igbomina     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Ahman Pategi     Sam Okaula     Balikis Jawondo     Abdulkareem Alabi     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Abdulazeez Arowona     Bello John Olanrewaju     Monthly Sanitation     Mohammed Lawal     SSUCOEN     Ramat Oganija     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Jaiz Bank     Omu-aran     Jawondo     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Sardauna     FERMA     YAKOOYO     Bashir Badawi     Habeeb Saidu     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     John Dara     KWASAA     Balogun-Ojomu     Ganmo     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Sabi     Quran     Abdulhakeem Amao     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Alikinla     Millennium Development Goals     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Ahman Pategi University     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Timothy Akangbe     Ike Ekweremadu     Kazeem Gbolagade     Daud Adeshola     Bashir Adigun     Isiaka Yusuf     Raheem Adaramaja     Public Holiday     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Alanamu     Shehu Alimi Foundation     2023 Elections     Zara Umar     Baaziki Sulaiman     Eghe Igbinehin     Monkey Pox     Ilorin Central Mosque     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Saka Aleshinloye     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Ibraheem Abdullateef