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Post by Honorebu on Feb 27, 2016 19:08:06 GMT
dansoye1 , Ajimobi and Aregbe need to take lessons from this Ahmad guy He's been consistent.I only hope he doesn't pull an Aregbe on us i.e starting the race perfectly well and ending it badly
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Post by Honorebu on Feb 27, 2016 19:18:19 GMT
Huuuuuuuh!
Kwara state hits Page 10.
I officially launch my new guns
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 1, 2016 0:21:19 GMT
Kwara, Indian hospital to partner in provision of health care services
The Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Suleiman Alege, on Monday said that the state would partner Continental Hospital, India, to provide health care services to residents of Kwara at a subsidised rate. Alege said this while receiving some delegates from both the Indian hospital KIBS hospital, its partner in Nigeria that paid him a courtesy visit. The commissioner said that the state government would welcome the partnership to enhance improved health-care delivery to its citizens. He also disclosed that health care professionals across the state would receive training for best practices from the partnership arrangement. The commissioner told the delegates that the health-care delivery in the state had improved tremendously under the leadership of Gov. AbdulFatah Ahmed. The government is fully committed to giving full support to the health care delivery services in the state. The state recently renovated five general hospitals while the State Diagnostic Centre was completed and fully equipped with the state of the art equipment,’’ he said. Alege added that the state had earmarked N8.5billion for efficient health care delivery in the 2016 Budget which would be use judiciously. Earlier, Mr Avinash Nal, a Senior Consultant, Continental Hospital, India, appreciated the state government for the warm reception accorded his team. He commended the government for the completion and renovation of five general hospitals in the state. Nal urged the government to focus on improving the health-care system in the state. Also, Mr Teslim Balogun, the Managing Director, KIBS, said they would collaborate with the state government by subsidising the cost of health care services and training of professionals. (NAN) Source
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 1, 2016 1:04:25 GMT
Kwara to provide 13,000 hectares of land for commercial agriculture
The Kwara State Government on Monday said it would make about 13,000 hectares of farmland available for unemployed youths to engage in commercial agriculture. Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed made this known in his address of welcome at the National Cashew Festival and Awards in Ilorin, the state capital. Ahmed said commercialisation was the available option if diversification from a monopolised oil economy to agriculture must thrive. He said: “Kwara State is taking the issue of commercial agriculture very serious. “On this premise, we have already identified 13,000 hectares of land to be cleared and made available to the unemployed youths. “Again, one of the crops that have been adopted to be farm on the land is cashew. “We are also generating a new generation of farmers with training of farmers at our integrated farm.” The governor also said the state was empowering farmers through a micro credit scheme. He said 50,000 people had so far benefited from the programme, while the state would be earmarking N2 billion over the next three years. He said: “One of the problems the sector faces is access to finance; as a way to encourage farmers, it is important for farmers to have access to affordable credit such as provided under our micro credit scheme which has benefited 50,000 SMEs, including farmers. “Over the next three years, we intend to inject about N2 billion into the scheme. I urge commercial banks and CBN to sustain lending for agriculture.” Ahmed also said the state had identified agro business development as a means to diversify the state’s revenue generation sources. He said: “In Kwara, we have identified agro business as one of the strategies to diversify our economy, to cut unemployment and of course to create wealth for our people. “Hence, in our drive to empower farmers in the state we have established an agric hall and the off-taker programme to ensure economic prosperity of farmers in the state.” Ahmed urged the Federal Government to leverage on the growing demand for cashew to develop the value chains embedded in the crop. He said: “The global demand for cashew is growing strongly in terms of volume and value and the world demand for it will continue to increase rapidly. “This presents an opportunity for us to increase our foreign exchange earnings, diversify our agric products, develop our agro industry and of course provide employment for our teeming youths.” The Chairman of the Local Organising Council, Sotonye Anga, said it was a successful event, which had shown the importance of cashew in the development of the sector. NAN reports that more than 2,000 delegates from across the world were present at the festival. Awards were given to members of the society who had contributed to the growth of the crop. Segun Awolowo, the Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Export Promotion Council, who received the Cashew Ambassador Award, said cashew export generated $250 million in foreign exchange in 2015. Awolowo said cashew was one of Nigeria’s main export commodities, adding, however, that the sub-sector was not doing enough because lands were not utilised. NAN. The Eagle
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 1, 2016 1:05:58 GMT
Kwara decries low allocation, to boost IGR
KWARA State government has said it would embark on aggressive efforts to shore up Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to bridge the financial gap due to the drop in expected allocations. The government however, assured that despite the significant drop in federal allocations to the state this month, the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Demola Banu, said the state would not neglect its responsibilities to the citizens. Speaking in Ilorin, the state capital at the weekend, Banu said: “Though the drop is significant, the government would try all its best to meet up with its responsibilities, especially to the citizens. The IGR would be boosted as a way out. But let all the citizens be patriotic enough, doing their own part towards making governance a worthwhile endeavour.” According to Banu, Kwara State received a total sum of N1.815 billion from the federation account, representing a decrease of N55,901, 721.84 from the N1.870 billion it received in January and almost half of the N3.4 billion it usually receives. Giving a breakdown, Banu said the state government got a statutory revenue allocation (SRA) of N1,139,808, 900.04; VAT – N656,252,713.98 and exchange difference of N18,952,269.75. www.ngrguardiannews.com/2016/03/kwara-decries-low-allocation-to-boost-igr/
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 2, 2016 13:35:41 GMT
Share/Tsaragi crisis: Ahmed receives report, pledges implementationKwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Share/Tsaragi communal clash will be examined and the recommendations implemented.
Ahmed spoke yesterday in Ilorin when the Justice Suleiman Akanbi Judicial Commission of Inquiry into last year’s December communal clash submitted its report to him at Government House.
“I have no doubt that the recommendations will provide lasting solutions to communal clash between Share and Tsaragi communities and ensure peace in both communities. Let me assure you that the commission’s report will be thoroughly examined and the recommendations implemented to the fullest,” the governor said.
Chairman of the inquiry commission, Justice Suleiman Akanbi said 23 memoranda were received from both communities while witnesses were also summoned, and asserted that if the recommendations of the commission were fully implemented, there would be lasting solution to the perennial clash between the Share and Tsaragi people.
Daily Trust
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Post by Ogbeni Ogunnaike on Mar 2, 2016 17:10:21 GMT
Kwara to provide 13,000 hectares of land for commercial agriculture The EagleThey kuku have plenty of land in that state.
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Post by dansoye1 on Mar 3, 2016 18:19:18 GMT
Share/Tsaragi crisis: Ahmed receives report, pledges implementationKwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has said that the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Share/Tsaragi communal clash will be examined and the recommendations implemented.
Ahmed spoke yesterday in Ilorin when the Justice Suleiman Akanbi Judicial Commission of Inquiry into last year’s December communal clash submitted its report to him at Government House.
“I have no doubt that the recommendations will provide lasting solutions to communal clash between Share and Tsaragi communities and ensure peace in both communities. Let me assure you that the commission’s report will be thoroughly examined and the recommendations implemented to the fullest,” the governor said.
Chairman of the inquiry commission, Justice Suleiman Akanbi said 23 memoranda were received from both communities while witnesses were also summoned, and asserted that if the recommendations of the commission were fully implemented, there would be lasting solution to the perennial clash between the Share and Tsaragi people.
Daily Trust
I hope both communities will abide by the recommendations of the report.
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 3, 2016 18:55:22 GMT
Kwara targets N30b investment in 3 Years – Ahmed
Kwara State Government Investment drive is to attract investments worth N30billion to the state through Public Private Partnership in key sectors between 2016 and 2019. The State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed, who identified the crucial investment sectors as including manufacturing, power, health, energy and aviation also said the mineral sector was to attract N1.5b worth new investments within the same period. Governor Ahmed said this at the ground breaking of the Hub, an initiative of Harmony Investment and Property Development Company Ltd, a subsidiary of the state government owned Harmony Holdings Ltd. The governor, who also called for the encouragement of investment in Agriculture, Housing and Financial services to increase the state’s revenue base and create jobs, however, premised the state’s drive for investment inflow on federal government policy, stable monetary climate and appropriate incentives. Dr Ahmed appealed to the people of the State and other public commentators on the management and ownership of government properties to refrain from creating a negative perception about such assets. “On our part, we will continue to provide an enabling environment for business to thrive in the state through business friendly policies and sustained infrastructure development”, the governor promised. The Group Managing Director, Harmony Holdings Ltd, Mr Tope Dramola said the Hub was designed for the promotion of enterprise in the State. Mr Daramola said the edifice, with 64 outlets, will provide opportunity for middle class business to thrive with offices for professionals like architects, lawyers stock brokers, shops and show rooms for business. Dailypost
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 4, 2016 3:22:46 GMT
ARMTI partners communities to boost local food enterprises
The Acting Executive Director, Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI), Ilorin, Kwara State, Anthony Njoku has reiterated the institute’s determination to help communities increase economic opportunities for local farmers and related businesses. Njoku, who spoke at the opening ceremony of the institute’s Training Workshop on Cassava Commodity Value Chain Development for participating communities in its Village Alive Development Initiative (VADI), said: “The Village Alive Development Initiative (VADI) is an action-research project of ARMTI to selected rural communities in our area of operation. “The initiative is aimed at creating a sustainable and self-reliant community-based organisation for rural dwellers to initiate and implement programmes, which will improve their standard of living and social status, by reducing their level of poverty. It also provides field practicum complement for ARMTI courses while also serving as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for the institute.” He disclosed that ARMTI has just acquired and installed two sets of cassava processing equipment in two of the participating communities. “Now we are conducting this four-day training workshop on cassava commodity value chain development for all our participating communities. Having identified our area of comparative advantage as a state, we are committed to provide all the support needed to achieve maximum leverage and dividends from it,” he said. The institute, he explained, has embarked on a different, locally-driven approach to help people access healthy local food and supports new businesses in the villages that need investment. With technical assistance through the scheme; he said participants are taking innovative approaches to common challenges, like launching business incubators to support food entrepreneurs. So far, more than N10 million has being spent on eight rural communities in Kwara State under VALDI. The money was distributed by a commercial bank to villagers, forming contributory groups under a revolving loan arrangement. During the during the kick-off of seed fund disbursement to seven participating communities under VADI in Ilorin, in 2014, the Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed canvassed that modern and affordable technologies be made available for the nation’s teeming farmers, while more robust policies should be formulated to sustain the interest of the overwhelming population in both agricultural and other business practices. He noted: “This project is timely and would complement the new initiatives of the Kwara State Government as well as the Federal Government to shift the focus of citizens as beneficiaries of an oil-based economy to proponents of an agro-driven economy. “Ironically, our strengths happen to lie in the vast agricultural resource potential of the state and the nation, and with the adoption of modern agro technology and agronomic practices that will be sustained for devoted farmers and coherent and stable development policies, we are certain that agricultural growth is a realisable objective in the not too distant future.” thenationonlineng.net/armti-partners-communities-to-boost-local-food-enterprises/
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 4, 2016 13:19:37 GMT
Nigeria: Kwara Set to Tackle Youths Unemployment
As part of efforts to tackle youths unemployment in Kwara state, the state government has concluded arrangement to ensure the official commissioning of the International Vocational Center located at Ajase-Ipo in Irepodun local government council of the state this year. The state commissioner for Education, Alhaji Musa Yeketi, disclosed this on Thursday while addressing journalists after the end of the meeting of the state executive council held at Government House, Ilorin. He said that, the gesture would go a long way of assisting the government to meet the need to improve the skills acquisition of the youths so as to reduce youths unemployment in the state. According to him,"the center is completed but only need to be equipped by with modern day equipment which we are now importing from Overseas". He explained that, "the dwindling revenue of the state has hindered the official commissioning and once the finances of the government improves, the center will be fully equipped and commission for proper use of the students". The commissioner further said that the technical schools in the state would be upgraded in order to meet the needs of the students for the optimum result. He said, "apart from City and Guilds certificate being offered at the end of the programme, Grade two and three labour test will now be offering students after the completion of their programme in the affected technical schools in the state". He also said that the gifted and talented schools will be established across the three senatorial districts of the state. This, he said, would go a long way of motivating schools and pupils to be up and doing in their various academic programme. Also, in her comment, the state commissioner for Women Affairs, Alhaja Ayinke Saka said that the state government has merged the ministry with Social Development. This, she said, would assist the government to take full responsibilities of any issues bothering on women and children up keep. Alhaja Saka however called on women and children in the state to shun any act that may affect their social life in order to assist then contribute their quota towards the growth of the society. Punch
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Post by dansoye1 on Mar 5, 2016 18:13:34 GMT
Honorebu, Ogbeni Ogunnaike, KWSG Remains Committed to Provision of Basic Infrastructures – Gov AhmedTHE Kwara State Government is committed to making judicious use of the State’s meagre resources to make life meaningful to its people through provision of basic infrastructures, the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has disclosed. He said the government was exploring all possible means to ensure that the State is economically sustainable and make it a pride among other states of the federation. The governor made this disclosure while receiving members of the Kwara State Council of Muslim Organisations(CMO), who paid him a courtesy call at the Government House, Ilorin on Friday. Governor Ahmed noted that the country is currently faced with the challenge of scarce resources as a result of shortfall in oil prices at the global market, adding that no government could survive the present challenges without looking inward to generate revenues. “This hence, our new revenue drive, there cannot be any achievement without exploiting that aspect. So, our new revenue drive is essential and necessary.” He promised that his administration would ensure that revenues generated are channelled towards the provision of basic infrastructures, while also allaying the fear of Kwarans on the imposition of additional taxes by the State Internal Revenue Agency. The governor who spoke of his intention to stabilise the state, stressed that he would stop at nothing in deploying infrastructures across every nook and corners of the state, irrespective of political affiliation, colour, races and religion. The Council of Muslim Organisation’s coordinator, Justice Idrees Abdullahi Haroon had in his remark praised the governor for his tireless efforts at developing the state. Governor Ahmed presents souvenir to Chief Imam of Ilorin; Alhaji Mohammad Solihu, Ilorin CMO; Justice Haroon, Chief Imam Agaka; Alhaji Yusuf Amdala He also told the governor about the council’s annual event, saying that some notable muslims would be honoured for their contributions to their religion. Justice Haroon who praised the governor for ability to harness the state merger resources to bring democratic dividends to the peoples’ door-step, assured the governor of the council’s support in its new revenue drive in order to do more for the citizenry. www.kwaranews.com/kwsg-remains-committed-to-provision-of-basic-infrastructures-gov-ahmed/
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 7, 2016 21:27:41 GMT
Kwara Govt. Flags Off 1,000 Units Housing Estate
Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has flagged off the construction of 1,000 housing units in order to provide affordable and quality housing to meet the shelter need of the populace. Speaking after laying the foundation on Monday, Governor Ahmed explained that efforts to meet the housing need of the people have not yielded fruitful result. He stressed that Nigeria housing deficits was about 17 million units with Kwara State having at least 500,000 housing deficits as well. The Governor said that the state is experiencing a high population growth due to influx of people and businesses, stressing the need to provide affordable and quality housing. The Kwara State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Muideen Alalade, described the scheme as a practical demonstration of the government’s readiness to meet the aspirations of the people. He expressed the willingness of the state government to partner with the Federal government on its housing scheme across the country, especially in the three senatorial districts in the state. The housing estate, which would comprise 82 units of two bedroom and 418 units of three bedroom in the first phase, is expected to be completed in 10 months. The housing scheme, which 700 hectares of land at Budo Osho area of Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State has been earmarked for, is also billed to serve as a model in terms of quality of construction, infrastructural facilities and affordability. Out of this, only 50 hectares would for now, house the proposed Maigida Estate which is expected to be completed in 10 months Channels
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Post by Honorebu on Mar 9, 2016 13:16:52 GMT
Kwara Earmarks N1bn For Ilorin Water Project
The Speaker, Kwara State House of Assembly,Dr Ali Ahmad has disclosed that the state government has earmarked about N1bn for the completion of Ilorin phase II water reticulation project in the 2016 budget .
He expressed the hope that once the on-going reticulation is completed, the water scarcity in Ilorin metropolis would be a thing of the past .
The speaker also pledged that the assembly would ensure judicious spending of every money allocated for projects in the 2016 budget through constant oversight function.
Ahmad challenged the leadership of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union(IEDPU) and other developmental associations to fashion out means of addressing the problem of open defecation in the state capital.
Such an avenue the speaker said would enable the community to come up with a model toilet facility that every household would adopt to assist government in enforcing sanitation law.
Ahmad explained that instituting a bill to enable government arrest erring offenders might not solve the problem, saying that community-oriented solution to the menace would assist government in tackling it headlong. Leadership
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Post by dansoye1 on Mar 9, 2016 17:34:15 GMT
Honorebu, Ogbeni Ogunnaike, KWSG Laid Foundation of Adult Literacy And Vocational Centre in IgbajaIN its efforts to empower youths and adults on skilll acquisition, the Kwara State Governor Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organization (UNESCO) laid the foundation of Adult Literacy and Vocational Centre at Igbaja in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. The governor was represented by the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Engineer Musa Ayinla Yeketi, at the ceremony, said the location of the Vocational Centre in Igbaja is an act of improving the standard of living of individuals through literacy and skill acquisition in the state. He therefore commended the efforts of the founder of AI-Hikmah University for his giant strives towards developing the educational system in the country. Earlier in his speech, the Executive Director Kwara State Agency for Mass Education, Mr. Babatunde Alade stated that out of 36 states in Nigeria, thirteen States were picked by (UNESCO and NMEC) for this project in which Kwara State is one of them. Mr. Alade said 60% of materials needed for the centre in Igbaja are readily available. He urged the community to cooperate with the contractors handling the project and assured them that the construction of the building would be completed within three months. In his address, the Jagun Molu of Igbomina and founder of AI-Hikman University, Alhaji Chief Raheem Amao Oladimeji commended the state government in its efforts to boost vocational sector and gave kudos to the UNESCO and NMEC for the project. www.kwaranews.com/kwsg-laid-foundation-of-adult-literacy-and-vocational-centre-in-igbaja/
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