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My Greatest Happiness Was Taking Over Kwara More laudable Becoming the projects party we were coming to my constituency - intended to be - Danbaba P5 Tinubu P5 For community development kwaratrends.com ISSN: 2449-0502 KwaraSat., 27th June — Thur., 9th July, 2020 | 6th — 18th Dhul Qadah, Trends 1441 Vol. 3. No. 6 N150 COVID-19 UPDATE Cases in Kwara Confirmed 217 Active 83 Discharged 128 Deaths 6 Ilorin top business- woman, Bola Yusuf, adds a year P2 Speaker, KWHA, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Danladi Salihu flayed by the CIS Kwara Command and Emir of Okuta at the commissioning of NIS FOB in Okuta, Baruten Local Government of Kwara state. My greatest happiness was taking over Kwara - Oshiomhole P6 ICPC storms Kwara for N4.1bn KWASU set to reduce its constituency projects tracking P4 greenhouse gas emissionsP9 2 27 JUNE — 9 JULY, 2020 NEWS Kwara Trends Kwara gets 3bn for Kwara Gov. greets June allocation wara State Government N2,142,342,139:55 as allocation Hon. Bio on 56th has received a total sum for the month. of N3,092,495,479:52 The state government mean- K(three billion, ninety two mil- while has paid a total sum of birthday anniversary lion, four hundred and ninety N2,819,603,697.34 as salary and five thousand, four seventy nine pension, gratuities, subventions wara State Governor the state government and oth- naira, and fifty kobo) as alloca- to tertiary institutions, and al- AbdulRahman Abdul- er stakeholders from the region tion for the month of June. locations to government’s min- Razaq has felicitated to gradually return meaningful Kwith the House of Representa- governance to the region,” ac- The breakdown of the alloca- istries, departments, and agen- tion are (net) statutory revenue cies (MDAs). tives member Hon. Mohammed cording to a statement by Ab- allocation of N1,994,859,433:79; While salaries and pension Omar Bio on his 56th birthday dulRazaq’s Chief Press Secre- Value Added Tax of gulped N2, 256,705,810:18, anniversary, praying the Al- tary Rafiu Ajakaye. N934,174,265:19; Exchange the state paid N100,000,000 mighty Allah to give him long “The Governor urges the fed- Gain of N157,102,519:91; as gratuity, N127,067,868.99 life and good health. eral lawmaker not to relent in and Excess Bank Charges of as monthly subventions for “His Excellency congratulates his good works and collabora- N6,359,260:63. the tertiary institutions, and Hon. Bio who represents the tion with every agency of the The 16 local government N335,830,018,17 as allocations good people of Baruten/Kaia- state and federal government to areas got a total sum of to various MDAs. ma Federal Constituency at bring dividends of democracy the Green Chamber. The Gov- to the people of his constituen- ernor joins family and friends cy. He prays the Almighty Al- to wish the lawmaker more lah to give him good health and Bola Yusuf,Wife success as he joins hands with more rewarding years ahead.” Mohammed Omar Bio of Kamwire boss ...congratulates, consul- marks birthday general designates lhaja Bola Yusuf,wife of tries was a year older on Thurs- wara State Governor While Hajia Abdulraheem, (LAK Jimoh), was until her the Chief Executive Of- day,25th June 2020. AbdulRahman Abdul- a career officer from Kwara, appointment a career diplo- ficer of Kamwire Indus- Her husband ,Alhaji Kamoru Razaq has congratulat- has just been confirmed by the mat. A Yusuf, is the CEO of the popu- K Nigerian senate as an ambas- “On behalf of the people and lar Kam Industries while she is sador-designate, Hajia Moham- government of Kwara State, I the deputy managing director. med, another Kwaran, was on congratulate the two women. Bola, the Omu-Aran born Monday named the consul-gen- I specifically congratulate our top businesswoman whose for- eral-designate to Dubai and the respected elder statesman and ay into general merchandizing United Arab Emirate. a leading Otoge campaign- changed the direction of things “Both appointments are de- er Alhaji LAK Jimoh whose in the business circle through serving and aptly align with our daughter, Hajiah Mohammed, her outfit, Mistufik Global -Re belief that our women deserve would be representing our sources Ltd . much more, especially in the state at a very significant in- Family members, friends area of political inclusion and ternational position,” Abdul- and business associates sent in empowerment in line with the Razaq said in a statement on warm greetings for the occa- Sustainable Development Goal Tuesday. sion. ed Hajia Misitura Abdulraheem 5. It is once again a dream The Governor commended Alhaja Bola Yusuf and Hajia Tayyibat Atinuke come true for us as an admin- President Muhammadu Buhari Mohammed who have been ap- istration,” the Governor said. for the appointments, praying pointed ambassador-designate Hajia Mohammed, a daugh- the Almighty God to guide the and consul-general-designate ter of the famous historian and new appointees in the national Jumoke Harb’s respectively. politician Alhaji L’Aziz Jimoh assignment. Roemichs School ... Ajimobi a true patriot wara State Governor Ab- leaving indelible footprints in Kwara State, I also commiserate Renovates dulRahman AbdulRazaq the socio-economic terrain of with Mr President, the Governor high chief of Ido-Oko Plaza . has described the death Oyo State. Sen. Ajimobi cul- of Oyo State, and members and Ijesha, Chief (Mrs.) There is currently no activity Kof former Oyo State Governor tivated friends and built bridg- leadership of our party, the All Jumoke Harb, is a ce- at the place as major renova- Isiaka Abiola Ajimobi as a na- es across every divide of our Progressives Congress. May the Alebrity of note in Kwara State. tions are being carried out. tional loss, praying the Almighty country,” AbdulRazaq said in Almighty Allah give the family The top socialite, who is Allah to comfort the family and a statement by his Chief Press the fortitude to bear this loss and fondly addressed as ‘JMK’, grant him Aljannah Firdaus. Secretary Rafiu Ajakaye. repose the soul of a man who left is the proprietor of Roemichs “The death of Senator Isiaka “Senator Ajimobi was a dear a lasting legacy as the first two- International School based in Abiola Ajimobi is a huge loss to brother and close family-friend term Governor of Oyo State.” Ilorin. the family, the governing APC, whose wise counsel and guid- She also owns popular JMK and to the entire people of Oyo ance l will forever uphold and Plaza business center and Roe- State and Nigeria. Senator Aji- cherish. My family has indeed michs Events Centre. mobi was a great patriot who lost a great friend and 'egbon'; The gist here is that Lady could rightly lay claim to being we send forth our deepest con- Jumoke, who is the wife of the a ‘Nigerian’ in the true sense of dolences to the Ajimobis and Chief Executive Officer of Bul- the word. He was an outstand- the entire people of Oyo State. letin Construction Company, ing oil industry technocrat who “On behalf of my family, the Chief Faysal Harb, has begun opted out to serve his people, government and the people of Chief (Mrs.) Jumoke Harb renovation works at the JMK 27 JUNE — 9 JULY, Kwara Trends 2020 3 4 27 JUNE — 9 JULY, 2020 NEWS Kwara Trends ICPC storms Kwara for N4.1bn constituency projects tracking peratives of the Inde- pendent Corrupt Prac- tices and Other Related OOffences Commission (ICPC) Friday began the tracking of 250 constituency projects in Kwara state, in the on-going second phase of the constituen- cy and executive projects track- ing exercise in 16 states. The team said they were tracking projects executed be- tween 2015 and 2019 at the total contracts sum of N4.1 billion spread across the three senatorial districts of the state. Some of the projects inspect- ed during the team’s first out- ing on Friday were solar street lights on Edun, Isale Aluko, Pakata – Adeta road, Oloje – Alfayaya road, Popo-Giwa and Oloje Estate, all sited within Kwara central senatorial dis- trict. Also, visited in the same dis- trict were constituency pub- Kwara Gov applauds lic primary school projects in Oko-Erin, Ijoro, Adewole and Anifowose, among others. According to a statement by public support for the commission’s spokesper- son, Rasheedat Okoduwa, “The exercise, which is scheduled to commence Tuesday 23rd June, 2020 in 16 states, name- Covid-19 fight ly: Cross River, Taraba, Ekiti, wara State Government virus. kingdom, who represented him, to continue to contribute his Ogun, Gombe, Nasarawa, Keb- has expressed gratitude Mr Alabi thanked the royal the Ooni of Ife commended the quota towards the development bi, Kwara, Jigawa, Abia, Del- to organisations and father for contributing to the effort of Governor AbdulRah- of the country and charged in- Kindividuals for contributing to Covid-19 fight and described man AbdulRazaq in the fight dividuals to join hands with the ta, Ebonyi, Niger, Rivers, Oyo, and Kaduna, will focus on the its fight against Covid-19 pan- him as illustrious, intelligent, against the pandemic. Accord- government in the fight against following sectors; health, edu- demic. and selfless, given his decision ing to him, the donation of COVID-19. cation, water resources, agricul- The Deputy Governor to commit personal resources two modular fumigators was to Earlier, Prof Olapeju Esi- ture, and power.” and Chairman Kwara State to help humanity. complement the state govern- mai, Head of Public Health “Furthermore, the exercise Covid-19 Technical Committee, According to him, the part- ment's quick response to the Department, Obafemi Awolowo forced contractors who hitherto Mr Kayode Alabi, appreciated nership and support of various COVID-19 pandemic.
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