Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has urged the first set of graduates of solar installation, troubleshooting and maintenance from the International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), Ajase-ipo, to take up the business passionately as a means of creating wealth for themselves and conserving the environment. The governor gave the charge at the graduation…
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The Economic Confidential has released its Annual States Viability Index (ASVI) which shows that 17 states are insolvent as their Internally Generated Revenues (IGR) in 2017 were far below 10 per cent of their receipts from the Federation Account Allocations (FAA) in the same year. The index proved that without the monthly disbursement from the…
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The Kwara State government has released its federal allocation figures for the month of April, 2018. According to a statement on Thursday by the Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Finance, Mr. Benjamin Fatigun, the State government got a total of N3,358,957,097.84 as allocation for April, against the N3, 561, 553, 082.85 it received…
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The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the deployment of the newly appointed liaison officers for the sixteen local government councils in the State. Alhaji Isiaka Gold, Secretary to the State Government (SSG) made this known in a statement issued on Thursday in Ilorin, the State capital. The SSG said that Oba Babatunde…
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Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has called for an increased synergy among security agencies in the country especially between the military and police for faster emergency response. Speaking during a condolence visit by the Hon. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, at Government House, Ilorin on the armed robbery incident at Offa…
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Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has promised to build a new police station for Offa at a strategic location in the town within the next 45 days. Speaking during a courtesy visit to the Olofa of Offa, Oba Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye II at his Palace in Offa to commiserate with him and people of…
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Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has offered N5m to anyone who provides useful information leading to the capture and prosecution of those involved in the robbery attack in Offa, headquarters of Offa local government of the state, last Thursday. Governor Ahmed, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr.…
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The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) has handed over the lines of revenue it was collecting on behalf of the 16 Local Government (LG) areas in the state back to their respective councils. KWIRS Chairman, Dr Muritala Awodun made this known while addressing a press conference after the Joint Revenue Committee (JRC) meeting on…
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