Kwara pledges completion of road projects

The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, at the weekend, reiterated his commitment to the completion of 21 ongoing road projects across the state in the next four years.
He made the commitment during the official presentation of a Second Class Staff of Office to the 7th Emir of Yashikira, in Baruten Local Government Area, Alhaji Usman Umaru Sariki, Sabi Kpassi II in his palace.

The governor disclosed further that approval had equally been given for the construction of 374 kilometres of rural roads across the 16 local government areas of the state, while government intends to construct 20 Comprehensive Health Centres this year to achieve the 500 metre radius accessthe state in the qualitative healthcare delivery policy thrust of his administration.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, which attracted a large crowd of people, Ahmed enjoined the new Emir to be magnanimous in victory and be fair to all his subjects, including those who contested the stool with him.
Ahmed, who expressed his administration’s determination to strengthen the traditional institution, commended the people of Yashikira for avoiding rancour and following the path of dialogue and consensus in choosing the new Emir.
He said: “It is expedient to remind us all that power belongs to Allah (S.W.A) who confers it on whom He pleases as a trust to be exercised judiciously.
“I therefore want to appeal to the new Emir to consider his position as that of a father to all in Yashikira Emirate.”
While thanking other royal fathers in the state for the support accorded his administration since inception, he assured them that the traditional institution would be accorded due recognition and support in the collective drive to move the State forward.
He charged the monarchs to continue to maintain the peace, law and order in their various domains for development to thrive, adding that they should imbibe the culture of dialogue and consultation in administering their subjects.
In his acceptance speech, Sariki , who thanked the governor and Yashikira king makers for ensuring a crisis-free selection process, promised to make fairness and justice his watch word.