Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Sunday called on Nigerians to shun prejudice and hatred for one another in the name of religion or other differences, calling instead for support for the oppressed people of the world.
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The programme, which ends on Friday, will hold at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Kwara State Stadium Complex.
The boxers were selected by a judges’ panel made up of coaches Joe Mensah, Obisia Nwakpa and Afolabi Olatoke, Vice Chairman, Kwara State Coaches Association. On selection, they were presented gifts by the sponsors.
Speaking in a phone chat, Musa said the decision of the organisers to choose Ilorin as the host city for GOtv Boxing NextGen Search 5 is one everybody associated with boxing in the state had been hoping for because the sport enjoys huge followership in the state. He explained that the state has produced great boxers such as Ray Amao, Joe Lasisi and the late Hogan Jimoh, who did the country proud.
Both men are classmates of the immediate past Governor of the state, AbdulFatah Ahmed.
Abdulrazaq made this known while declaring open a-two day Kwara State Health Symposium, with the theme: “Partnership for Health Innovation: Towards Creating a Sustainable Healthcare System,” in Kwara State in Ilorin, the state capital.
“As part of his clear-eyed efforts to revamp every sector of the state, Governor AbdulRazaq is glad to bring Professor Sulaiman on board as a leading member of his team.
AbdulRazaq would be attending the conference alongside two other state governors who are in the entourage of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking in a phone chat, Musa said the decision of the organisers to choose Ilorin as the host city for GOtv Boxing NextGen Search 5 is one everybody associated with boxing in the state had been hoping for because the sport enjoys huge followership in the state. He explained that the state has produced great boxers such as Ray Amao, Joe Lasisi and the late Hogan Jimoh, who did the country proud.
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Sunday lamented the death of 17 students in an auto crash on their way back to the state from Kano, describing the incident as a painful one that could have been prevented.
Adebowale was arrested alongside two staff of the state television authority located in Apata Yakuba Area of Ilorin, the State Capital, and a senior official of Kwara State Bureau of Land.
Abdulrazaq, who stated this in Ilorin while declaring open a three-day regional convention of the Full Gospel Business men’s Fellowship International holding in Ilorin, said the Federal and state governments were fully committed to tackling the challenges.
AbdulRazaq made the call on Tuesday evening in Ilorin, the state capital, when he received members of the Scouts Association of Nigeria, Kwara State chapter, led by its Commissioner, Deacon Olabisi Afolayinka, at the Government House, Ilorin.
A group of retired police officers in Kwara has cried out over alleged discrimination and underpayment of their gratuities by the Police Pension Administrator.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Monday paid an unscheduled visit to state secretariat and locked out hundreds of civil servants that came late to work.
It said that speculation that the governor did not play any financial role in the recently held Ilorin Durbar festival was unfounded.
“If we really want to rise above the poverty line, the way to do that is through agriculture …There is a need for renewed focus on agriculture and agro processing,” AbdulRazaq said on Friday when the board of the Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund visited him in Ilorin, the state capital.
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday said recommendations of the committee on sales of public assets may be tested in the court in a bid to get justice for the people of the state.
The two-day programme holds at the Kwara State Stadium Complex, Ilorin, on 29 and 30 August.
Atunwa is challenging election of AbdulRazaq, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, on the ground that the Governor had allegedly presented a forged secondary school certificate and was therefore not qualified to run for the office.