Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has reappointed Princess Bukola Babalola as Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS), a Government House statement said on Monday. The Governor also reappointed Alhaji Abdulrazaq Jiddah as Special Adviser on Special Duties, while Ummulkhairat Onaolamipo Ahmed Alaye is appointed Special Adviser on Civic Engagement. The Governor similarly...
The curfew in Ilorin metropolis is hereby lifted. This is effective from tomorrow, November 12. Kwarans may however see increased joint patrols by security agencies within the metropolis and across the state. It is to strengthen the gains of the past weeks and keep criminal elements at bay. Citizens are to...
The government has made fact-based presentations to the labour unions on what it can afford without going to borrow to pay salary. The proposal includes that no worker will earn below the 30,000 minimum wage enacted by the Minimum Wage Act. We also made suggestions on the consequential adjustments as...
State rounds up e-GovHackathon Govt splashes prizes on winners Kwara State Government at the weekend assembled at least 250 tech ecosystem builders across Nigeria to develop ideas and digital skills that will address some of the problems associated with government businesses in the country and beyond. The two-day event, which...
Governor Yahaya Bello has approved the sum of N15m naira as scholarship award to 12-year-old table tennis prodigy, Sezuo Ize Azziza. The beneficiary represented Kogi State at the 2021 Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF) National Championship, held in Lagos. Confirming the report, Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Muhammed Onogwu...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday flagged massive infrastructural projects across 600 schools in the state, a development he said has turned the page in the history of basic education after many years of official blacklist by the federal government. Speaking at the flag off ceremony in Otte town...
Kwara State Government has announced partial relaxation of the lockdown in the state to align with the national policy of gradual reopening of the economy, but warned that the measures do not mean the country is out of the danger. The measures come as the state began distribution of thousands...
Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has signed into law three bills passed by the Niger State House of Assembly. The bills include the Niger State Tertiary Institutions Law, with an operational date starting from the 8th of May 2019. The new law increases the retirement age of Academic Staff of the State-owned...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday night received the Vanguard Newspapers’ Governor of the Year 2022 Award. The award was presented in Lagos at Eko Hotel and Suites Victoria Island. Commended for his institutional reforms in education and healthcare reforms, safety net programmes, infrastructural development, as well as his “purposeful...
NGF chair seeks concrete incentives for gender inclusion Dedicates Award to women, girl-child Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday won a lifetime achievement award for his transformational gender inclusion policy in the state as prominent women leaders from across Africa commended his remarkable feats. That comes as the Governor...