The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye, said in a statement in Ilorin on Friday that the money was for the payment of May and June 2019 salaries.
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The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has reinstated the payment of salary to workers employed in the twilight of the last administration.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara on Tuesday expressed worry over the level of deterioration of government facilities in the state.
AbdulRazaq said the rots were so much and needed proper planning spanning multiple budget years to fix.
AbdulRazaq’s Chief Press Secretary, Rafiu Ajakaye, said in the statement that the N232 million includes N100 million counterpart funds for Basic Healthcare Provision Funds, N50 million for Accelerating Nutrition Results in Nigeria and N82 million to access global grants for malaria.
Prof. Bolaji Sule, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Management Services of the university, made the disclosure in a meeting with some security agencies in Kwara State.
Briefing newsmen in Ilorin, Ayodele Bello, Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, said the suspect was arrested on June 30 for allegedly raping the girl in his neighbourhood.
The approval came a few days after UBEC officials narrated how the previous administration had diverted the N1.5 billion 2013 funds allocated to Kwara State and how that had led to the official blacklisting of the state from UBEC.
The performance chart of the states released by UBEC and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin on Monday listed Jigawa as first having accessed 94 per cent of its fund.
The Kwara State Government on Sunday said the response of former Governor Abdulfatai Ahmed to the outrage greeting the alleged diversion of N1.5 billion Universal Basic Education Commission funds has raised more questions on the sordid neglect of public schools under him.
The government insisted that the budget document has since been restored to the website after the IT consultant engaged by the previous administrations pulled it down.
Kwara State Government has a total of N5, 385, 619, 303. 68 at the Universal Basic Education Commission not accessed since 2014.
The governor made this pledge while reacting to the dismissal of the alleged certificate forgery case against him by the state High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Kayode Egbetokun, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Ilorin.
Kwara State would benefit from the N200 billion funds the Central Bank of Nigeria has set aside to promote innovative ideas and entrepreneurship, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said.
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Wednesday dissolved the Board of Directors of all the state-owned companies.
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has expressed his displeasure at the deplorable condition of facilities at the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp, in Yikpata, Edu Local Government Area of the state.
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, on Tuesday lamented the condition of Radio Kwara, pledging to make fixing the problem a priority of his administration.
Some Kwara State Polytechnic Staff, Ilorin, on Sunday criticised the way the Rector and Registrar of the polytechnic were appointed, saying due process was not followed.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that the large number of political parties that participated in the 2019 general elections created a lot of logistics problem.