The Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Thursday commissioned the Ibrahim Sulu- Gambari Skills Acquisition Hub. The event formed part of activities marking the 60th Annual Conference of the Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union( IEDPU). The Skills Acquisition Hub – an initiative of the IEDPU was bankrolled by the governor who is the […]
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated 83 Primary Health Care newly revitalised by the administration to improve access to quality healthcare services in the state. The project was jointly funded from the Kwara State Government, World Bank-supported IMPACT Project, the Basic HealthCare Provision Funds and Leadership Challenge Funds won by the state. The programme […]
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq presented the 2026 Appropriation Bill to the parliament on Monday. At least 65.95 per cent of the fiscal plan goes for capital expenditure, while the remaining will go into recurrent, such as supporting the poor and doubling down on workers’ welfare. The Governor said the fiscal plan will focus more […]
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday commended the leadership of Nigeria Police and other security agencies for their hard work, patriotism, and unwavering commitment to public safety. The Governor spoke in Ilorin at the closing ceremony of a two-week intelligence training for the newly recruited police constables. At least 142 constables participated in the […]
BY AYOBAMI OMOLE-IYAGIN Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has received the new Commissioner of Police for the Kwara State Police Command, CP Ojo Adekimi, to the State at the Government House, Ilorin. While receiving CP Adekimi, Governor AbdulRazaq assured the State Police Command of the continuous support of the Kwara State Government under his leadership […]
Philip Clement, Abuja Government Secondary School (GSS) Ilorin, founded in 1914, has received a major boost in e-learning following the commissioning of an ICT Lab and other internet facilities by the Kwara state governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The Lab and other facilities were donated by leading global ICT company, Huawei Technologies. The project was facilitated by […]
At the Eid praying area in Ilorin on Tuesday, supporters of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and former Senate President Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki got into a shouting match. Security personnel struggled to keep the mob under control as the situation threatened to spiral out of control. Around 9:08 a.m., the governor arrived at the premises, where […]
Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has invited Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD) to complete the Social Audit of Ilesha Baruba-Gwanara road construction project. Elites Network for Sustainable Development (ENetSuD) is an Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organisation known in Kwara for its #FollowKwaraMoney project. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Ilorin by […]
Patrick Okohue Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday visited the Nomadic LGEA Nursery and Primary School, Agindigbi, and St. Luke LGEA Primary School, Onila, near Agbamu, Irepodun Local Government, where he refunded the money so far spent on the ongoing construction of their communities’ schools, The visit, according to a release by the Chief […]
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has called for calm and restraint against activities that can trigger new tension in Ilesha-Baruba, Baruten Local Government Area of the state. Gov. AbdulRazaq made the call in reaction to the clash between soldiers at a military check-point on the border route and commercial drivers plying the area. Five […]
By Tunde Opalana A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Tajudeen Olabisi Abioye has commended the Executive Governor of Kwara State, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq on his recognition by the Leadership Newspapers, Daily Times gathered. The newspaper had named Governor Abdulrazaq Governor of the Year 2020. Speaking with the Daily Times in Abuja on Wednesday, […]
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero, has said the purpose of his visit to Ilorin was to visit his maternal home town, where he belongs. Daily Times reports that the emir, during his visit to Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the Government House, Ilorin said, “To me, Kano and Ilorin are the same thing; here is […]
Ilorin – Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has commiserated with the Muslim community in the state over the death of the Khalifah al-Adaby Sheikh Olayiwola Kamaldeen. The governor, in a condolence message by his Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye in Ilorin on Saturday, prayed Almighty Allah to repose the soul of the erudite scholar and […]
Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday, felicitated with the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Salihu Yakubu-Danladi, on his 35th birthday anniversary, calling the lawmaker a phenomenon of his time and a pride of his various constituencies. “Apart from being the youngest speaker ever in the history of Kwara state and one of […]
Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday, told the people of the state that his administration would not share money to them as was the practice in the past. Instead, the governor said his administration would spread development to all the nooks and crannies of the state. Addressing the media on the first year anniversary […]
Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday, said his administration is committed to not leaving any child behind. In what captures the 2020 theme of the Children’s Day celebration, AbdulRazaq said the administration’s commitment to gender inclusion and its huge investments in education gives the Kwara girl child a head start in life. “Our administration […]
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara state has sworn in five new judges for the Kwara state High Court, urging them to adhere strictly to their oath of office. AbdulRazaq stated this on Wednesday in Ilorin at the swearing -in ceremony attended only by top echelons of the state judiciary and a few other senior government […]
Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Wednesday, congratulated Prof. Ibrahim Gambari on his appointment as the chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, calling it a befitting development that is rooted in dedication, loyalty and history. “The appointment is clearly fit for purpose and is deserving for our own Prof. Gambari whose record of service […]
Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has suggested the setting up of a volunteer team drawn from the labour unions and the civil society to complement the efforts of the security agencies to stop the influx of people into the state. “It has been established that some people sneak into the state between 10pm and 5am. […]
Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has directed the drilling and completion of at least 14 motorised boreholes in various parts of Baruten Local Government Area of the state to further ease water scarcity there, an official has said. Commissioner for Water Resources Hajia Fatimah Lawal, said this during a visit to Baruten over the weeken. […]