AbdulRazaq takes town hall meeting to Baruten, speaks live on first Radio in Kwara North

Date: 2022-10-30

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq posted another first on Saturday as he addressed citizens of the state live on the first-ever radio station in the entire Kwara North.

The Notia FM (90.7), a baby of the Kwara State Broadcasting Corporation, is a project of his administration which the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has recently approved to begin transmission from Okuta town, Baruten.

Until now, residents of Kwara North could only listen to or get the services of radio stations from either Benin Republic or Oyo State — a jinx the Governor had pledged to break.

“We thank Almighty God for this feat. I thank the people of Baruten and of Kwara North for their support for this administration. We are glad to have made this good history and impact in the lives of our people,” he said in a brief live interview conducted by Director of Programmes at Radio Kwara (Midland FM 99.1), a sister platform of Notia FM.

The Governor was accompanied on the inspection visit to the radio by Senator Umar Sadiq (Kwara North); Speaker of the House of Assembly Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi-Salihu; House of Assembly members; cabinet members; and top chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Governor had earlier addressed a town hall meeting in Okuta, attended by top government officials, community leaders led by Emir of Okuta Alhaji Dr. Idris Abubakar Sero, civic groups, members of the public, and APC apparatchiks from far and near.

“Whether in road infrastructure, education, health care delivery, or welfare of our workers and citizens, our administration stands shoulder high above where we are coming from,” he said, his speech punctuated by applause and chorus of ‘gema!’, the Batonu language for truth.
The Governor also commissioned the Kano road, which connects the Emir’s palace to Maro, a suburb of the big town.

His speech was preceded by commendations from Senator Sadiq, Speaker Danladi, and the first class monarch of Okuta, among others.
Cabinet members and heads of parastatals took turns to mention specific programmes and projects already done or are ongoing in Baruten, Kwara North, and across the state.

Executive Secretary, Kwara State Health Insurance Agency, Dr. Olubunmi Jettawo-Winter, said close to 2000 indigents of Baruten LG have been enrolled in the State Health Insurance scheme.

Acting General Manager, State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP), AbdulQuowiyu Olododo, said between 2020 and 2022 a total of 4,540 people from Baruten and Kaiama LGs benefitted from the government's safety net (Owo Isowo and Owo Arugbo), while six young entrepreneurs from the two tiers of government received N1million each to support their businesses under the Kwaprenuour 2.0.

Chairman, Kwara SUBEB, Prof. Sheu Raheem Adaramaja, said out of the 4,701 teachers the government recruited to teach in the public primary and secondary schools, Baruten LG got 371 slots, adding that their welfare remains a top priority.

The Governor was then turbaned the Yeruma of Okuta at the coluorful Ganni Festival in the forecourt of the palace of Emir of Okuta.
The title means the ‘most prominent child of Okuta Kingdom’ — a reward for what the monarch called the Governor’s unprecedented achievements in the area in terms of infrastructural development.

“You have been able to put smiles on the faces of the greater majority of Kwarans who are able to objectively make reasonable comparative analysis of where we were yesterday, as against where we are today,” the Emir said.

Rafiu Ajakaye
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor
October 29, 2022

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     20 Billion Bond     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     Pakata Development Association     Omu-aran     Ola Falade     Bukola Ajikobi     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     BIR     PPS     Haleeman Salman     Yahaya Muhammad     KSIRS     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Ahmad Lawan     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Baaziki Sulaiman     Oluwole Dupe     Abdulazeez Arowona     Garment Factory     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Olokoba     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Yoonus Lawal     Ndakene     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Al-Hikmah University     Elerin Of Adanla     Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye     Olabode Towoju     Quareeb     Abiodun Abdulkareem     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Ibrahim Labaika     Clara Nwachukwu     Adama Isa     Saad Omo Iya     Kunbi Titiloye     Segun Abifarin     Ridwan Agboola     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Salary     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Oya State     Ibrahim Akaje     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Afetu Of Alabe     Oloye     Femi Gbajabiamila     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Kazeem Oladepo     JUSUN     Henry Makinwa     Magaji Nda     Ilorin South Constituency     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Abubakar B.M     CELF     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Kazeem Gbolagade     Labaeka     Vasolar Consortium     Lawal Olohungbebe     Moses Rahman Popoola     Omoniyi Ayinla     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Gbugbu     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Okasanmi Ajayi     Ladi Hassan     Ope Saraki    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Lanre Aremu     AIT Ilorin     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Ajakaye     Valsolar Consortium     Sabi     Usman Rifun     Samuel Adedoyin     MalHub     Bature Bello     Al-Hikmah Radio     Segun Adeniyi     Gbugbu     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Olatunji Ayeni     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Owo Arugbo     LEAH Charity Foundation     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Orisun Igbomina     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Ramadhan     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     ASUU     Azeez Salawu     Bamikole Omishore     Muhammad Fawaz Abubakar     JAMB     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Transition Implementation Committee     Biliaminu Aliu     NSCIA     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Yoruba     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Mohammed Lawal     Tanke     Khairat Gwadabe     Lateef Fagbemi     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Okasanmi Ajayi     AbdulRauf Keji     High Court     Matthew Babaoye     Issa Manzuma     Mashood Dauda     Hassan Abdulazeez Elewu     Muhammed Akanbi     Sarkin Malamai     Bolakale Ayo     Lukman Adeloyin     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Aso-ofi     Idris Garuba     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Saidu Kawu     Kwara North     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Fatimat Saliu     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Ibrahim Oniye     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Kwara 2023     Kale Bayero     Hassan Saliu     SWAN     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Aminat Omodara     Ilesha-Gwanara     Bola Tinubu     Chief Imam Of Ilorin