Ahmed, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, made the call when the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala paid a pre-commissioning visit to KAM Industries Limited in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital
Browsing: Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed
Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State, who tasked the Head of Tertiary Educational Institutions in the country to make entrepreneurship education a major component of the curricular of Polytechnic and Colleges of Technology to check the unemployment rate in the country, disclosed this on Tuesday while declaring open the 126th regular meeting of COHEAD in Ilorin, the state capital
According to him, while Nigeria should evolve a deliberate policy to develop her capacity in other sports, those specific areas where we have obvious comparable advantage as a result of geography and physique should be strengthened and consolidated upon
“I want to urge our people to continue to be law abiding; to continue to love one another and continue to strengthen each other’s capacity so that we sustain the level of investment being attracted to the state,” he added
The commissioner, who had inspected some of the projects, expressed satisfaction at the level of work done and advised the contractors to strictly follow the specifications in their contracts
Ahmed said this in Ilorin, the state capital, when flagging off the “Let’s Play” programme organised for children by Supersport in collaboration with an Ilorin-based non-governmental organisation, Omoluabi Foundation
The Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, who made the announcement on Friday in Ilorin, the state capital, said Governor Ahmed’s decision to reinstate the council was in exercise of the powers conferred him by the Kwara State Law No. 4 of 2006, under which Offa and Oyun Local Government Areas were dissolved in February 2013 following the breakdown of public order and peace in Erin-Ile and Offa in Oyun and Offa Local Government Areas respectively
Fasting, the governor recalled, was made compulsory for all able Muslims by Almighty Allah as a golden opportunity to move closer to God and desist from all forms of wrongdoings
Ahmed said another tranche of N100 million would be disbursed in the next few weeks and members of the artisan congress would be part of the beneficiaries
Recall that when politicians and technocrats from Kwara State and beyond converged in Lagos for a retreat to draw a roadmap on the Kwara Project after the elections, many dismissed it as a jamboree; describing it as one of those time-wasting talk shops that would not impact positively on the people
Amaechi on Friday scored 19 votes to defeat the Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, the eventual candidate of Jonathan and the Presidency, on his way to retaining his seat
According to the business mogul, his company intends to replicate what it did in the cement industry by targeting about 65 million tonnes of sugar, which he said could produce about one million jobs for the people
Ahmed, who identified the other projects as four mega schools, a modern ICT Village, construction of new hospitals, vast road construction across the three senatorial zones, construction of modern markets, and the remodeling of major sports infrastructure, said the power project will improve electricity supply to the state significantly
Security reports alleging massive fraud, it was learnt, have been used to whip some of the governors into line while some have been promised roles in Jonathan’s government post-2015 after they must have ended their tenures
The governor called on communities prone to communal clashes to employ their proximity in strengthening their different economic potentials for development rather than the promotion of destructive tendencies
It is recalled that the Kwara representatives in this year’s edition of Oba Erediauwa National U-13 boys soccer competition, Arsenal Kiddies, came from behind to beat Kano boys 2-1 in the final, with the two goals scored by the captain of the team, David Okoromi
The Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has urged Christians in the country to be their brother’s keepers and also to imbibe the enduring lessons of perseverance, selflessness and forgiveness inherent in the 40 day lent, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ that the Easter season connotes
Ahmed said: “When Kwara State University requires to have a teaching hospital, we are going to set up a fresh teaching hospital
The Chief of Air Staff said the Air Force and indeed the Nigerian military are dependable allies in protecting and sustaining the country’s hard earned democracy
Ahmed, in a congratulatory message to Adesina, signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Alhaji Abdulwahab Oba, said the NGE under Adesina should not only continue with the good deeds of his predecessor, Gbenga Adefaye, but work with other stakeholders in the profession to ensure that charlatans and quacks have no place in journalism