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Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has said no part of the state was without appreciable positive imprints as significant progress has been made across all sectors since 2019.
He said investments in healthcare, education, rural-urban development, water facilities and workers’ welfare were so significant that emerging data indicates a wide gap between what he met and the current situation.
He said his administration had achieved a lot working with development partners who had left the state due to lack of support. He said his government now works with SightSavers International to strengthen eye care services in the state.
Asserting that no electoral ward in the state is without positive traces of his administration, the governor said projects’ commissioning is hardly a measure of development or performance.
He listed the administration’s completed projects to cover roads, water, healthcare and education infrastructure .
“Beyond these, we have many ongoing projects that have been designed towards boosting the economic base of the state. We have visual arts centre, film factory, garment factory, innovation hub, and of course the international conference centre. There are other major projects too which we will complete this year, such as Ilesha Gwanara Road, Tunde Idiagbon Bridge, Adeta-Yebumot Road, Osi-Obbo road, and the largest squash court in the country which is eight-winged, among many others.”
Asked to speak about the disagreement within the former Otoge allies, AbdulRazaq said it had nothing do with government’s performance or service delivery to the majority of the people, but essentially about issues of political ambitions and interests which he said are legitimate in a democracy.
“Whether in water, rural development, basic education or healthcare, or workers’ welfare, we have clearly delivered on our mandate and we continue to do more.”
The governor also spoke on the future of the capital city Ilorin, which he said had been taken care of with the Ilorin City Master Plan — second of its kind since Kwara became a state in 1967. “Most of the growths we have now are unplanned and that is why you have flooding, poor ventilation and lack of green space, among others. The first and only plan of the city were done between 1967 and 1970s. It expired many decades ago without replacement. We have come up with a new one; we are also in the process of designing for Offa-Oyun axis, Igbomina, Patigi/Edu and Baruten axis of the state,” he said.
