Senate Passes Bill Establishing College Of Education In Kwara
The news of the passage of a bill establishing the Federal College of Education (Special), Afon in Asa local government area of Kwara State was received with excitement by the people of Ilorin Emirate.
Afon, the site of the proposed federal institution is one of the villages in Ilorin Emirate.
The Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU) had since the carving out of Kogi State from the old Kwara in 1991 been mounting pressure on the federal government to establish a federal college of education in Kwara to replace the one in Okene which now falls in Kogi.
The senators overwhelming supported the passage of the Bill, tagged, Federal College of Education (Special) Afon, Kwara State ( Establishment) Bill 2022, following the presentation of the report by the chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Senator Ahmed Baba-Kaita.
The Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund had recently held a public hearing on the Bill, sponsored by the senator representing Kwara central district, Senator Ibrahim Oloriegbe, where all stakeholders expressed support for the establishment of the institution in Afon, Kwara State. Oloriegbe commended the Senate for passing the Bill into law.
The Baale of Afon, Alhaji Ibrahim Adelodun, the chairman of Asa local government, Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Saadu, and the district head of Afon, Alhaji Kola Hanafi praised the Senate, President Muhammadu Buhari, Oloriegbe, the chief of staff to the president, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State and the emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, for their efforts towards the siting of the college in Afon.
The stakeholders appealed to President Buhari to assent to the Bill and ensure the early takeoff of the institution.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Ajike People Support Centre Arandun Damilola Yusuf Yoonus Kola Olatinwo Yusuf Abdulkadir Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship Ibrahim Oniye AbdulGaniyu Kareem Yusuf Abdulwahab ASKOMP Madawaki Of Ilorin Ballah Tsado Manman Zainab Abass Monthly Sanitation Bisi Oyeleke Odo-Owa Alaaya Ahmed Dankaya Neo Mundo Ltd Laolu Saraki Olam Food Ingredients Kwasu Shehu Adaramaja Abubakar Baba Oluranti Idowu Kwara Metro Park Ibrahim Jawondo SWAN Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji Odogun Olushola Gabriel Abraysports FC Ahmed Idris Mohammed Sa\'adu Gambari United Nigeria Congress Party Obuh Bayo Lawal Yaru Tayo Awodiji Ola Falade Harmony Holdings Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh Emir Of Yashikira Kale Belgore Babatunde Ajeigbe Saidu Isa Economic And Financial Crimes Commission Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede Aso-ofi Kubra Kazum Ayinde Oki Opolo Global Innovation Limited Marufat Oladosu Oya State Okoolowo Omupo Olabode Towoju Gamji Members Association Saliu Oluwole Wahab Abayawo Monsurat Omotosho Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa Olusin Of Ijara Isin Transition Implementation Committee AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro Haliru Dantoro Elerinjare Ilorin Likeminds Foundation Hassanat Bello Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan Ileloke Ibrahim Abiodun General Hospital, Offa Abubakar Atiku Fatimoh Lawal Wasiu Onidugbe NTA Ilorin

