Kwara State Government has assembled a negotiating team to interface with representatives of the labour unions over the minimum wage.
The team is peopled by government officials and leadership of the labour unions in the state, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye said in a statement on Thursday.
The...
Kwara State Government has pruned the ministries in the state civil service to 16, down from the 19 ministries inherited from the past administration, saying the measure was to cut cost and strengthen efficiency in service delivery to the people.
The State’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Harriet Afolabi-Oshatimehin...
• Education, enterprise, health, roads top agenda
• CAPEX takes 53% of budget; REX down to 47%
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Wednesday presented the 2020 budget estimates to the State House of Assembly, with provisions for critical infrastructure and human capital development taking the larger chunk of the budget.
The...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday extended the suspension of 16 local government chairmen and their legislative committees, a decision premised on the ongoing investigation of the affected officials by the anti-graft body and a subsisting resolution of the House of Assembly.
Accused of alleged misappropriation of public funds,...
Kwara State Government has established an e-Government Delivery Team to drive its efforts to deploy modern technology for government operations and make Kwara one of the easiest states to do business in Nigeria.
That comes a few weeks after Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq said Kwara would turn the page on the...
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has directed immediate constitution of a government panel to meet with the Labour unions in the state to discuss the national minimum wage.
“The Head of Service has been directed to work out the modalities of the workings of the panel,” spokesman of the Governor...
• Restates respect for traditional institutions
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said his administration is committed to engendering inclusive socioeconomic growth in an environment of peace and respect for all stakeholders, especially traditional institutions.
“The drive for collective prosperity through enterprise and inclusive socioeconomic and infrastructural development is at the...
• Commissioners, SAs get portfolios
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday inaugurated and called on his cabinet members to consider what legacies they would like to be remembered for in the discharge of their duties, saying the administration has a historical duty to change the narrative about the state.
He...
• Members of Civil Service Commission too
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq will Friday morning swear in his 16 commissioner-designates alongside four Special Advisers and members of the Kwara State Civil Service Commission.
Chief Press Secretary Rafiu Ajakaye said in a statement that AbdulRazaq has also approved the appointment of Adebukola...
• Gov, Industry Minister, Dangote visit BUA Factory in Lafiagi
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Adeniyi Adebayo on Thursday toured the BUA sugar refinery and plantation in Lafiagi, Kwara State, amid assurances by AbdulRazaq that the state is open to business.
They were joined...
