Presenting the budget proposal, themed: “Sustained Prosperity” on Thursday, Ahmed stressed that the budget was designed to boost infrastructure, accelerate agro-led wealth creation, create jobs and sustain the state’s development
Browsing: Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed
He prayed God to grant Gov. Akpabio good health, as he clocks 50, to continue to steer the ship of his state to the Promised Land.
The Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, who led a delegation of the Senate on a condolence visit to the Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, made this assertion, adding that Saraki was a highly respected Senate Leader and best known, even decades after leaving the position
Ahmed made the call when the leadership of the Northern Consultative Forum and business mogul and Chairman, Doyin Group of Companies, Prince Samuel Adedoyin, separately paid condolence visits to him at the Government House, Ilorin on the death of Dr. Saraki
Speaking earlier, the Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, described the demise of Saraki as a huge loss because he meant so much to the downtrodden and the privileged few
Babangida said this in Ilorin on Monday at the Government House, when he led a delegation, which included former Head of State, General Abubakar Abdulsalam; former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Ambassador Babagana Kinkigbe; Alhaji Umaru Ndanusa; and Alhaji Abubakar Muye on a condolence visit to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed over the death of Saraki
While acknowledging the effort of the Kwara State Government in ensuring adequate water supply to the populace, the minister commended Ahmed’s acceptance to host the 3rd National Water Conference, which he later declared open
Ahmed, in a statement, said Saraki died in his bed in his Lagos State home on Wednesday morning as earlier reported by The Eagle Online
Ahmed described the state’s traditional institution, under the chairmanship of the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Zulu-Gambari, as a major factor of unity, peace and harmony, just as he pledged his support to further ensure growth in their respective communities
Ahmed, who made this assertion on a monthly interactive programme, ‘The Governor Explains’, said: “There is no magic to our been able to remain liquid other than the fact that we have been able to manage our expenditure within our revenue profile.”
The Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, has therefore implored the Federal Government to reimburse the state the balance of the N12 billion it spent on federal roads in the last nine years
According to Ahmed, the state will not only encourage the youths of the state to be groomed at its Youth Farm Centre in Malete, Moro Local Government Area, to go into large scale Moringa farming, but work out a system that will ensure availability of prepared farmland with irrigation system to enhance Moringa and other farming activities in the state
Ahmed lamented that the accidents were indications of the urgent need for collaboration between the federal and state governments on the repair and maintenance of federal roads in the state
Oba said the present administration in the state was determined to consolidate on the achievements in the areas of human capital development, infrastructural facilities and other sectors to make the state viable