Gov. Ahmed Renders Stewardship, says We’ve Modestly Fulfilled Our Campaign Promises

The Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed says despite lean resources, his administration had modestly fulfilled its campaign promises to the people of the State.

Governor Ahmed who stated this on Thursday in Ilorin during a special interactive session with journalists to mark the 7th year anniversary of his administration, however, said he would have loved to do more.

He said that he ran for office on a platform of ‘continuity’ and that in line with this, his government had completed all the projects inherited from the previous administration.

Alhaji Ahmed listed some of the inherited projects that have been completed to include Ganmo/Afon road, Gambari road, Ilorin, International Aviation College, Harmony Advanced Diagnostics Centre, and Lafiagi township road, among others.

The governor explained that if he had chosen not to complete these inherited projects and but had started with his administration’s projects, huge resources would have been wasted thus denying Kwarans the benefits of the projects.

He added that his administration had also initiated and completed numerous projects across all sectors in different parts of the state, noting that several other projects are currently ongoing.

Alhaji revealed that some of the projects his administration initiated and completed are KWASU Engineering complex, renovation of five General hospitals, IVTEC, Ajase Ipo, rehabilitation of Ejiba road, Ilorin, Oloro palace road, Oro, Rore-Ipetu-Arandun road, construction of Oko Bridge-Oro Ago, construction of Erin-Ile- Ilemona road,  Ogbondoroko township road and several others.

Others are Rehabilitation Anilelerin Agun-Ita-Erin road, Offa, Construction/Rehabilitation of Fate R/about-Agric R/about, Ilorin, Construction of Tsaragi Batakpan road, construction of Obbo-Ile Isapa road, etc.

He also highlighted some of the ongoing projects to include Geri-Alimi Diamond underpass, dualisation of Sango-UITH road, ultra-modern modern Secretariat for civil servants, repositioning of the state-owned media houses, two KWASU campuses in Osi and Ilesha-Baruba as well as a Post-Graduate school in Ilorin, among others.

Ahmed disclosed that N8.6billion was expended for infrastructural development across the state. According to him, the money was sourced from the IFK.

Ahmed said that N3.5billion was spent on capital projects in Kwara Central, N3.2billion for Kwara South, while N2.9billion was spent on infrastructure in Kwara North.

To fast track human and economic development of the state, Ahmed said his government created Small and Medium Enterprises Agency with an initial capital of N250million but rose to N3.2billion.

He said over 2, 000 cooperative groups were empowered and supported by the government.

The governor explained that Artisans Congress made up of 53 associations also benefitted from the scheme.

He said the government renovated about 600 classrooms across the state and reduced the school fees of the state university in Malate by 30 per cent.

Ahmed also said the building of an ultra-modern Engineering Faculty in KWASU was started and would be completed soon.

He said that his administration renovated five General Hospitals and 50 primary health care centres across the three senatorial districts of the state to make health care accessible to the people.

According to Ahmed, the Health Insurance scheme was expanded and now covered five local government areas in a bid to improve accessibility to healthcare service.

He added that the law to domesticate the Health Insurance scheme has been passed by the House of Assembly.

This, Ahmed said, would enable the common man and woman to access quality health with just between N1, 000 to N2, 000 yearly.

According to him, 21 road projects covering about 250kilometres inherited by his government were completed, while another 22 road projects were initiated across the state.