Kwara State Ministry of Communications

(L-R: Commissioner for Tertiary Education Dr. Mary Arinde; Abdulkareem Uswat; Dolapo Mariam; Emmanuel Chioma; Chairman Kwara SUBEB Prof. Shehu Raheem Adaramaja; Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq; Chief of Staff Alhaji Mahe Abdulkadir; Commissioner for Education Hon. Sa'adatu Moddibo Kawu; Moshood Kamaldeen; Jatto Rahmatullah; Jimoh Abayomi; and Special Adviser on Education Dr. Adetola Salau Ariyike; during a reception the Governor held for the victorious students of the 63rd presidential debate in Government House, Ilorin, on Friday.) • 'Brilliant six' get N1m each, varsity scholarship  Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend hosted the six public school students who won the presidential debate competition in Abuja, rewarding each of them with N1m cash gift and state scholarship for their undergraduate studies in any discipline.  The Governor called the students the pride of the government and people of Kwara State, commending them for their imp...

(L-R: Commissioner for Tertiary Education Dr. Mary Arinde; Mrs Risikat Lawal; Hon. Aina Femi; Prof (Mrs) Salman Medinat; Mrs Nihmat T. Abdul; Chairman Committee on Study, Planning and Implementation for the Establishment of Kwara State University of Education Prof. AbdulRaheem Shuaib Oba; Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (CON); Secretary of the Committee Pastor Afolayan Babatunde; Chief of Staff Alhaji Mahe Abdulkadir; Senior Adviser and Counsellor, Alhaji Saadu Salaudeen; Alhaji AbdulRasaq Jiddah; Prof. Umar Gunu; Ibiyinka Olufemi; Prof. ( Mrs) Adeyemi Sidikat; and Special Adviser on Education Dr. Adetola Salau Ariyike; during the inauguration of the Committee on Study, Planning and Implementation for the Establishment of Kwara State University of Education, at Government House, in Ilorin, on Friday.) • It's a great vision, step in right direction: Prof Oba Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday swore-in the new Special Adviser on Education ...

(L-pres Team in a group photograph with stakeholders at Bode Sa'adu, Moro LGA.) In preparation for the official flag-off of the Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES), the Kwara State Government through the State Coordinating Office has commenced stakeholders' sensitization exercise for the project. The project, which has as part of its objectives, to improve livestock productivity, resilience, and commercialization of selected value chain and strengthened the country's capacity to respond to an eligible crisis in the sector. Addressing stakeholders at Bode Sa'adu, the headquarters of Moro Local Government Area of the state, the State Project Coordinator (SPC), Mr. Olusoji Oyawoye said the sensitization exercise is imperative in order to properly inform the stakeholders in livestock value chain business on the opportunities embedded in the project. Mr. Oyawoye explained that the project, when fully implemented would lead to improved p...

(6th right ) Honourable Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh; (6th left ) Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Musa Olarewaju Okanlawon; (5th right) Director, Personnel, Finance and Supply, Mrs. Maryam Ishola; (4th right) Director, Child, Mrs. Maryam Yusuf and the Participants at the event.) The Kwara State Government has pledged that it would continue to protect the Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in order to provide a meaningful and sustainable future for them, while imploring the Steering Technical Committee to deliberate extensively on the welfare of the OVC aimed at enhancing their accelerated access to basic services such as Education, Health, Nutrition, Psychosocial, Legal Protection, Social Protection, among others. The State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Hon. Abosede Olaitan Buraimoh, made this pledge at the last quarter meeting on Orphan and Vulnerable Children (OVC) in collaboration with the Association for Reproductive and Family Health (A...

(right- Hon. Commissioner for Social Development, Opeyemi Oluwakemi Afolashade) The Kwara State Government has re- affirmed its commitment to ensuring that all citizens in the state, especially the needy, less privileged and mentally ill enjoy adequate social support from the government. The Hon. Commissioner for Social Development, Opeyemi Oluwakemi Afolashade stated this while addressing the public on a Television Programme - "Network Kwara", at the Kwara State Television Authority recently. Hon. Afolashade in her address emphasized the commitment of the Mallam Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq's -led administration towards improving the standard of living of the disabled and vulnerable in the State. Hon. Afolashade who highlighted the various interventions of the state government for the physically challenged and vulnerable, such as the distribution of food items and other consumables, vocational engagement and training, distribution of working tools, among several ...

The Kwara State Government has again reiterated commitments to youth development to make youth useful for the society  as well as the selves as future leaders. The State Commissioner for Environment, Mallam Shehu Ndanusa Usman stated this during the week, at the end closing ceremony of the 3-day Workshop organised for youth and women on climate smart municipal solid waste management, by Federal Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with Kwara State Ministry of Environment, held at the conference hall of the Ministry. He stressed that the present administration under the leadership of Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq is committed to youth development and ready to develop our youth, to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood, so that they can achieve their full potentials and be useful to themselves and the society at large.  He therefore charged participants to make use of the knowledge gained from both Timekus Global Resource Limited and Chyme Pacers Vent...

(4th Left is the Executive Chairman ESV Abdulkareem Babatunde Sulyman, next is the Chairman NITP, Tpl Bolakale Yusuf and others shortly after the meeting at the Agency.) Kwara State Government has again assured the State Chapter of Nigerian Institute of Town Planners and Estate Valuers in the state of it's readiness to partner with them, for the progress and development of the Agency and Kwara State at large. The Executive Chairman, Kwara State Goegraphic Information Service (KW-GIS), ESV Abdulkareem Babatunde Sulyman, gave this assurance during the week, when members of the Institute paid him a courtesy visit in his GRA office, Ilorin, the State Capital. Sulyman further assured them that, KW-GIS would continue to work with the Institute and others who are partners in progress of both the Agency and the State, especially Institutions with common bound in the area of land related matters, adding that the State Chapter of the Institute has been enjoying cordial relatio...

The Kwara State Government has reassured youths of the State of its unalloyed support in the development of their entrepreneurial skills and acquisition. The First Lady of the State, Her Excellency, Amb. Prof. Olufolake AbdulRazaq stated this at the "Global Entrepreneurship Week, Kwara 2023", held at the Michael Imodu Institute for Labour Studies. Her Excellency who was represented by the Commissioner supervising the Ministry of Youths Development, Hon. Usman Yunusa Lade commended the host of the Entrepreneurship Week , assuring them of the State's immense support  in making sure that youths are properly guided and channelled in the right path to entrepreneurial freedom. Prof. Abdulrazaq who advised youths on creativity and innovations, urged them to take their roles as the largest  drivers of the Nigerian economy serious, which can only be successfully attained through  entrepreneurship skills. "This week, professionals from various walks of life have co...

The Rural Electrification Agency (REA), in collaboration with National Fadama Development Project (NFDP), has supported dry season farming across the 16 local government areas of state with Solar Powered Irrigation Pumps, to enhance food security in Kwara State and to ensure all year-round in farming/cropping. This is coming as a result of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in July 2022 between REA and (NFDP). Presenting the solar-powered irrigation pumps, the Higher Technical Officer, Rural Electrification Agency, North Central Zone, Engr. Adebayo Babatunde disclosed that the initiative is aimed at improving utilisation of Land and Water Resources across the major rivers in the country.  He noted that implementation of the programme by REA started with thirteen pivotal states of which Kwara is one and that the beneficiary subproject sites selected include communities with Farmers’ User Groups (FUGs), surface water schemes, subproject sites requiring upgrades in electrificati...

 •  As govt set to increase beneficiaries from southern district. Kwara State Health Insurance Agency has inaugurated a regional office for Kwara South Senatorial District, as the government is prepared to increase enrollment by making the free healthcare scheme much more closer and accessible to the people of the district. Located at the premises of Offa General Hospital, Offa, the new outstation was designed to serve Offa, Oyun and their environs. At the commissioning ceremony on Wednesday, the Kwara First Lady Ambassador Mrs Olufolake AbdulRazaq, said it is evident that the administration is committed to better the lot of Kwarans with particular reference to their right to enjoy quality healthcare services. Justifying that the opening of the regional office was thoughtful, AbdulRazaq said the outstation will provide the people with more chances to register for the insurance scheme, asking people in the catchment areas to  see it as another opportunity to address their ...

...as Partners commend KWSG Kwara State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Amina Ahmed El-Imam, today received the Implementation team of the Integrated Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) and Insecticide Treated Net (ITN) campaign for year 2023 on a debrief mission at the Ministry of Health headquarters at Fate, Ilorin.  Presenting the report, the Integrated SMC/ITN Campaign Manager, Mr. Christopher Dangana, of the Society for Family Health (SFH) said after making relevant analysis of the implementation indices, stated that "our assessment of the exercise in Kwara is 99% based on coverage and 89.5% based on distribution of the 2.3 million ITN donated to the state through the Global Fund grant.  Speaking further, Mr. John Ocholi, who is the director technical and programme for the Society for Family Health (SFH), stated that 'seven thousand six hundred and eighteen (7,618) personnel were deployed, trained and will be handsomely rewarded across all cadres for the year ...

An official of the Agency Tpl Aremu Ibrahim sealing up the office of the operator during the exercise. In a bid to rid the state of illegal business outfits, Kwara State Government has commenced the sealing off of quarry sites operating without necessary documents to validate their operational mode in the State. The Acting Executive Chairman Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KW-GIS), Esv. Abdulkareem Babatunde Sulyman, led government team to some of the quarry sites along Eyenkorin express way, in Asa Local Government of the State, where the business was at its peak, as trucks were sited loading stones from the site. Addressing the press, Esv Sulyman said "this exercise became necessary, as part of KW-GIS responsibilities to control the activity of Quarry in the State and ensure that business is run within the purview of Government. "We discovered that some companies were causing damages to our land, through their kind of business. There are federal pre...

The Kwara State Government has again reassured youths in the state of its eagerness to create youths driven initiatives targeted at propelling youths towards improved livelihood. The Commissioner supervising the Ministry of Youths Development, Hon. Yunusa Usman Lade, gave the assurance during a maiden meeting with the entire staff members, yesterday at the Ministry's conference room.  Hon. Yunusa noted that he was willing to work and collaborate with the staff to improve the state of affairs in the Ministry. The Commissioner stressed that the Ministry is capable of renewed creativity in its approach to handling matters concerning the affairs of youths in the state. "I want to assure us that aside from the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), we can also look into other creative youths-driven initiatives to motivate and encourage youths development in the State.  "There is a whole lot of dynamic inventiveness we can tap into, to showcase the usefulness and re...

Kwara State Government has struck a partnership deal with the Nigerian Export Import Bank towards facilitating export-related industrialisation and investment promotions around local resources in the state.   The signing of the deal occurred on Monday in Cairo, Egypt, on the sidelines of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) following briefings on the various economic projects of the state government, especially the under-construction industrial park, the IsDB-backed agroprocessing zone, sugar film factory, garment and Shea butter factories, solid minerals, and the visual arts centre, which is unique in West Africa subregion. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq signed the deal for the state govern ment while NEXIM was represented by its Managing Director Abba Bello. The deal will qualify Kwara and private exporters of non-oil commodities operating in it for State Export Development Funds and other supports upon fulfilment of relevant terms. The MOU involves NEXIM offering financial ...