Kwara State Ministry of Communications

• We’re committed to rural-urban devt: Gov  Kwara State Executive Council has awarded the construction of the Ile-Ire District Road in Ifelodun local government area of the state, with Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq saying the step underlines his administration’s commitment to bring all the agrarian belts closer to the market to fast track socioeconomic development.   The road, which begins at Owode Ofaro, links the largely contiguous district in Ifelodun to Isin local government area of the state.    The council also awarded the upgrade of the Old Yidi Road and AbdulAzeez Attah Road, which are both in terrible shape. The asphaltic surface of these 2 roads will be upgraded to engineering standard with adequate drainage and pedestrian walkways. Presenting the memorandum to the council on Wednesday evening, Commissioner for Works Hon. Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu said the proposed construction of the roads is in line with the desire of the administration to impr...

The Executive Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has, again, been commended and labelled the "Governor of the Masses" as a result of the grassroots projects and many others that the administration is committed to.  The commendations were rolled out by an Offa- born elder statesman, Alhaji Lamidi Olajide, from Ile-Opepe in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of the state, during a familiarization visit to the  office of the Kwara State Commissioner for Communications, Hon. Olabode George Towoju. Alhaji Olajide said he was impressed with the activities of the government and felt appreciations should be shown to the government that is making the people its top priority. " I have come here today to express my gladness towards the administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. We are enjoying the governor. In fact, my wife and children just recently benefitted from the N30,000 minimum wage payment. " I am a Progressive. I can also see ou...

The Kwara State Commissioner for Communications, Hon. Olabode George Towoju, has congratulated the Governor of Kwara State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on the occasion of the " HE for SHE " Award presented to the Governor by the Women Wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in recognition of his role in promoting women inclusion and empowerment in Nigeria. In a statement, the Press Secretary of the Ministry, Ayobami Ashaolu, quoted the Commissioner to have described the award as "not coming as a surprise because the Governor is the first Governor in all 36 states to nominate a female majority cabinet and deliberately mainstream gender inclusion in the state.    "Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is for everybody. There is nothing like gender insensitivity in his dictionary. This is even evident in the recent legislation which made it binding and necessary that there must be, at least, 35 per cent  women participation in the cabinet and p...