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Kwara State: Creating Enabling Environment For Businesses To Flourish

February 13, 2018 0

Folake Sokoya The new order in Nigeria is shifting from era where government involves directly in business ventures to era where government at federal, state and local government level tailored their machineries towards creating conducive environment for private entrepreneurs to establish companies, thereby contributing to economic growth through job creation, revenue generation for government among other benefits. Kwara State Government …

Gov Ahmed Pledges Timely Completion, Repositioning Of The State Media

February 7, 2018 0

Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed has reassured the citizenry of his determination to complete the ongoing transformation of The Herald, Radio Kwara, Midland FM and Kwara State Television (KWTV) into ultramodern media houses that every Kwaran will be proud of. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede told Nationalwire …

Kwara To Engage Over 5000 Youths Under W’Bank Assisted Program

January 31, 2018 0

Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Government will on Thursday, February 1 commence the engagement of the first batch of 1,210 beneficiaries of the World Bank assisted Public Work Fare (PWF) Component of the Youth Employment and Social Support Operations (YESSO). This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by the Head of the State Public Workfare Unit, Mr. …

FAAC: Kwara Govt Releases January Allocation Figures

January 24, 2018 0

Folake Sokoya The Kwara State government has released its federal allocation figures for the month of January, 2018. The Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Finance, Mr. Benjamin Fatigun in a statement on Wednesday, said the State government got a total of N3,577,723,205.47 as allocation for January. Giving a breakdown of the allocation figures, Fatigun disclosed that the State …

Saving 1 Million Lives Health Initiative: Kwara Emerges Best State

January 11, 2018 0

Folake Sokoya Kwara State has emerged the best State in the North Central and 6th in the country in the implementation of the Federal Government–led “Saving One Million Lives (SOML) initiative following an evaluation of the scheme carried out by the Federal Ministry of Health and the World Bank. The Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Communication, …

Kwara Govt Sets Up Task Force To Address Fuel Scarcity

December 22, 2017 0

Worried by the impact of fuel scarcity on people of Kwara State, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the constitution of a task force on the control and sale of premium motor spirit (PMS) in the State. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Isiaka Gold, who made this known in a statement on Thursday, said that the fuel crisis …

Kwara 2015 Guber Poll: Appeal Court Dismisses Ajibola’s Suit, Affirms Ahmed’s Election

November 29, 2017 0

Folake Sokoya The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has dismissed the suit filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2015 gubernatorial election in Kwara State, Senator Simeon Ajibola challenging the emergence of Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed as the governor of the State. A three-man panel of justices of the appellate court led by Justice Peter …

LG Polls: Kwara Govt Assures Residents of Safety and Security

November 17, 2017 0

Folake Sokoya The Kwara State Government has reassured residents of the State of their safety before, during and after Saturday’s local government elections in the State. The State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed gave the assurance while presiding over the Kwara State Security Committee Meeting on Thursday at the Government House, Ilorin. Governor Ahmed said, having received reports from the security …