By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus The Kwara Government in collaboration with development partners have intensified advocacy for the integration of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights services with communicable disease interventions across communities in Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme, under the Advancing Integrated Health Services DeliveryContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Kwara Government has pledged commitment towards investment in human capital development in the state. Mr Raheem Abdulbaki, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kwara State Public Procurement Agency, stated this in Ilorin while speaking at a capacity workshop organised for public procurement officers of theContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Kwara Government, in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has trained 20 resource persons from MDAs on Result-based Management Reporting and Data Collation. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme is a 4-day capacity building workshop on result-based management and reporting.Continue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal Kwara Government and some NGOs in Ilorin have distributed menstrual pads to 100 schoolgirls at the Kwara State School for Special Needs. Speaking on the sidelines of the programme, Mr Buhari Oladimeji, the Adolescent Health and Development Officer of the Kwara Ministry for Health, explained that theContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Kwara Government, in collaboration with United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has trained stakeholders from Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in the state on health financing. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training lasted three days under the European Union- Strengthening Access to ReproductiveContinue Reading
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus The Federal Government has handed over to the Kwara Government 132 housing units at the National Housing Programme Estate Ogbondoroko in Ilorin. Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara, who received documents and keys to the National Housing Programme Estate at Ogbondoroko in Asa Local Government Area, said acquisitionContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Kwara Government has expressed displeasure at the lackadaisical attitude of some council chairmen to routine immunisation of children in their area. The Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, expressed the government’s displeasure at the First Quarterly Meeting of the Kwara State Taskforce on Immunisation, in Ilorin. Alabi,Continue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The Sarkin Fulani of Kwara, Alhaji Abdullahi Mahmud, has appealed to the Kwara Government to formally engage local Fulani youths as vigilantes and forest guards to help combat insecurity in the state. Mahmud made the appeal on Monday in Ilorin during a news conference organised on theContinue Reading
By Fatima Mohammed-Lawal The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the Kwara Government, on Wednesday in Ilorin, empowered 30 youth innovators in entrepreneurship and other skills to establish their businesses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the programme is the Young Africa Innovates (YAI), Kwara StateContinue Reading
