Below is a Press
Statement from his office…
Kwara State Governor, Dr
Abdulfatah Ahmed has told kwarans that he feels the pain and hardship the
people are going through as a result of current national economic downturn.
“I’m concerned; I’m
touched. I feel more than you feel because I’m supposed to make you happy and
comfortable, even if it means making myself uncomfortable”, Governor Ahmed
said.
Governor Ahmed, who said
this in Ilorin when he received the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari
CFR, said contractors engaged by the state government have been mobilised with
a sum N1.7b in line with its resolve to cushion effects of the economic
recession through enhanced infrastructure development in the State.
The Governor assured the
people that the state government’s newly introduced Kwara Infrastructure Fund
would ensure that contractors who queue into the programme are henceforth paid
quarterly upon certification of the quality of their works.
According to Governor
Ahmed, the newly procured asphalt plants by the government would soon be
commissioned “all bad roads across the state would soon be fixed while new ones
constructed”.
On mass transportation
and health, Dr Ahmed said 12 luxurious buses are being procured to ply major
roads across the state while accessing N700m would be accessed from the World
Bank that would be channeled into primary healthcare to carter for mothers and
children.
The Governor who
attributed the increase in the execution of projects to a reduction in the cost
of governance by 40 percent, gave an assurance that the state government would
create more jobs, rather than sack workers.
Earlier, the Emir of
Ilorin, Alhaji (Dr) Gambari who called on Nigerians to “pray for the success of
our leaders as their actions or in actions will impact on the general well
being of the citizenry”, advised government to pay more attention to
agriculture in order to ensure sustainable food security in the country.
Abdulwahab Oba
Chief Press Secretary
to the Kwara State Governor
Chief Press Secretary
to the Kwara State Governor
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