In fulfillment of his promise to ensure transparency and accountability in government, Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom today assented to laws to establish the state Commission on Fiscal Responsibility as well as a Council on Public Procurement. The Governor also signed a law for the establishment of Debt Management Office...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has set up a six-person commission of inquiry to investigate the sale or unlawful acquisition of government’s properties between May 29, 1999 and May 29, 2019. The commission is chaired by Hon. Justice Olabanji Orilonishe (retired). Other members are Job Kolawole Buremoh; Isiaka AbdulKarem (mni);...
Yesterday August 3rd, 2020, His Excellency the Deputy Governor and Chairman of the Kwara State Technical Committee Kayode Alabi and his wife, Her Excellency Mrs Abieyuwa Alabi, underwent COVID-19 test after they showed slight symptoms of the virus. The results of their test are positive. The second couple are very...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has set up an eight-person panel of inquiry to investigate the federal allocations accruing to the 16 local government areas of the state as well as their share of the internally generated revenue from May 29, 2019 to date. “In pursuance of the powers conferred...
Govt urges adherence to safety measures SS3 students resume Wednesday Kwara State Government on Monday gave out 65,000 face masks for distribution across schools ahead of Wednesday’s resumption of students preparing for the secondary school certificate examinations. The face masks are to be distributed to senior secondary class three (exit)...
Governor Samuel Ortom today inspected 60 additional units of transformers procured by his administration through the Ministry of Rural Development and Cooperatives. The Governor who carried out the inspection at the ministry's headquarters in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, also directed the distribution of the transformers to various communities across...
Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has again commended President Muhammadu Buhari, as well as the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, for approving the establishment of the Police Mobile Force Training College in Nasarawa State. Engineer Sule made the commendation while hosting pioneer trainees of the PMF Training College, Andehu,...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated Kwarans and every Muslim household on the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha (1441 AH), praying the Almighty God to ease the current global pandemic and insure humanity against recurrence. AbdulRazaq specifically felicitated with and commended the Emir of Ilorin Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari and the various...
Governor Samuel Ortom says until River Benue is dredged, flood control efforts in Makurdi and its environs will continue to yield little results. The Governor stated this today in an interview with journalists shortly after inspecting the level of devastation caused by flood in Makurdi metropolis as a result of...
You’ve our support, say Ulamah Council, CAN, others Shoprite, markets to shut as govt restates ban on concerts Kwara State Government on Friday announced the cancellation of Eid-ul-adha congregational prayers across the state, citing the steep rise in the state’s Covid-19 cases and the danger of such a large...