The Governor spoke in Ilorin on Tuesday when he received the National Executive of Oro Descendants Union led by its President, Alhaji Uthman Tunji Balogun, at the Government House.
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The National President of Oro Descendants Union, Alhaji Tunji Balogun, gave the commendation when he led other executive members of the union on a courtesy visit to the governor on Monday.
Hassan Diap of Duravil Engineering Limited said this on Saturday when the State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Aro Yahaya, inspected the project.
Former Chairman, the Peoples Democratic Party in Kwara, Akogun Oyedepo, has said that the All Progressives Congress would defeat the Peoples Democratic Party in 2019 general elections.
Alhaji Aro Yahaya, the State Commissioner for Works and Transport, gave this assurance during an interview with journalists in his office on Friday.
The Kwara State Deputy Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Sanni Abubakar, who led other major stakeholders of the party, including a former Deputy Governor and a former Speaker of the state House of Assembly, stated this in Ilorin on Friday during a press conference.
Aluko, who was the party’s flagbeaer as Deputy Governor in the 2015 elections, resigned his elective position and membership of the PDP during the party’s NEC meeting on Thursday.
Among the indices used by the reputable magazine for the ranking were fighting poverty, providing access to electricity, facilitating business and raising local revenue.
The Kwara State Government has told the contractor handling the construction of Kaima- Kishi road project to redouble his effort and show more commitment to the work or risk termination of contract.
The defection comes two days after the State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, left the APC for the PDP.
The new Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara, Malam Garba Attahiru Madami, has promised to deliver free, fair and credible elections in the state in 2019.
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Kwara led by the state Chairman, Iyiola Oyedepo, on Wednesday announced their defection to the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The defection of the Governor was relayed in a terse statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede in Ilorin on Tuesday.
“I wish to inform Nigerians that, after extensive consultations, I have decided to take my leave of the All Progressives Congress,” Saraki said on his Twitter feed. He did not indicate his political destination , but it was clear he was heading to the Peoples Democratic Party.
Facts have emerged on why the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, have delayed their planned defection to the Peoples Democratic Party from the All Progressives Congress.
The position of the party was contained in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Sulyma Buhari.
The State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Alhaji Aro Yahaya, made this known while inspecting the collapsed bridge along Tsaragi-Shonga with a team of engineers on Sunday.
This is according to a resolution signed by the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and its National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni on Monday in Abuja after the NWC meeting.
The Kwara State Government has called on Royal Fathers to encourage their subjects to positively embrace government activities and contribute their quota towards the development of the State and the Nation in general.
Kwara State has been ranked second after Lagos in Nigeria in the latest Progress Report, titled: “The State of the States,” released by Africa Report in its July/August, 2018 issue.