The attention of the Management of the Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin has been drawn to a spurious and malicious Media propaganda by some opposition politicians under the People's Democrat Party, the PDP that the present Administration in the State under our amiable people's Governor, His Excellency Governor Abdul Rahman Abdul Rahman is owing the College some salary arrears. This is far from the truth!

To put the records straight, it is incumbent on the College Management to debunk the false alarm, fabricated and tendentious lies of the party in relation to the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies, Ilorin. The following summary will assist the general public to know the truth and be able to distinguish between the truth and the falsehood accordingly.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF GOVERNOR ABDUL RAHMAN ABDUL RAZAQ IN KWARA STATE COLLEGE OF ARABIC AND ISLAMIC LEGAL STUDIES, ILORIN

The College was established for the training of middle level man power in various fields such as Judiciary, Media, Library and Information Service, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Teaching Profession among others.

Compare to where we are coming from, the College has been having it so good in terms of receiving Government's attention, which has given it the hope that CAILS has come to compete favourably with its peers in Nigeria. Mention must be made of the following Government's achievements in the College over the last three and half years:

1. Payments of all the backlog of eleven (11) months salaries arrears owed the College staff by the former Government of the State under the People's Democrat Party, the PDP.
2. Prompt payments of staff salaries on monthly basis.
3. Release of Accreditation Fees which has enabled the College to undergo successful accreditation exercise with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE ). This was made possible by the provision of Radio and Television Studios, establishment of e- library, supply of books and non book materials, Language Laboratory among others.
4. Securing the College Land from trespassers through constant dialogues with the College neighboring communities.
5. The Government also promised to embark on the construction of the College network of roads, among others.
6. Renovations of the College Lecture Hall and three blocks of six classrooms.
7. Implementation of the approved minimum wage with cash backing
8. Payment of Peculiar Earned Allowances of both Academic a Non Academic Staff of the College.
9. Release of the sum of#30,000,000.00 (thirty million naira bailout funds to cater for the staff and students welfares amongst others.

From the totality of the above, it would be clear to the general public that the College and indeed others State-owned Colleges must be eternally grateful to His Excellency, Governor Abdul Rahman Abdul Razaq Administration for taking the State Education Sector to an enviable height. In summary, the government is not owing us salaries. The Governor has done so well.

Dr. Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla,
Provost.