Ex-presidential candidate, others appointed to governing councils of Kwara agencies

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed former presidential candidate Gani Galadima and others to the governing councils of 17 state agencies.

The appointments cowl eight tertiary establishments and 9 agencies answerable for schooling, healthcare, social funding, rural infrastructure, housing and environmental administration.

Mr Galadima, the previous presidential candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria (ACPN) within the 2019 election, will chair the governing council of the International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), Ajase-Ipo, whereas Adua Mustapha, Nigeria’s first professor of Aviation Law, will head the council of the International Aviation College, Ilorin.

The appointments have been introduced in a press release by Mashood Agboola, Deputy Chief Press Secretary to the Governor.

Other appointments embody Ahmed Funsho as chairman of the Kwara State Scholarship Board and Musa Yeketi as chairman of the governing council of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.

At the College of Nursing Sciences, Ilorin, Amudipe Titilayo will chair the governing council, whereas Gesinde Amosa and Muhammadu Gofe will head the councils of the Colleges of Education in Oro and Ilorin, respectively.

Afusat Ameen was appointed chairman of the College of Nursing Sciences, Oke-Ode, whereas Riskat Lawal will lead the governing council of the Kwara State Agency for Mass Literacy.

The appointments additionally lengthen to key agencies answerable for main healthcare, rural growth, site visitors administration and financial empowerment.

Ayinmode Samuel will chair the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Board, whereas Muhammed Sakwa will head the governing council of the Kwara State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA).

Olasunkanmi Ere-oye was appointed chairman of the Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA), whereas Sikirullah Oladimeji will lead the Kwara State Rural Electrification Board.

Similarly, Memud Alonge will chair the governing council of the Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP), whereas Abdulazeez Oluwanilo will head the Kwara State Housing Corporation.

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Femi Aina was appointed chairman of the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA), whereas Laaro Abdulkadir will chair the Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KWASAA).

The Kwara State Scholarship Board may have a 17-member governing council, whereas the councils of IVTEC, the International Aviation College and Kwara State Polytechnic will every comprise six members.

Congratulating the appointees, Governor AbdulRazaq urged them to justify the arrogance reposed in them by discharging their tasks diligently.

The governor charged the brand new council members to help the state authorities’s efforts to enhance the standard of schooling, advance human capital growth and make Kwara a greater place to dwell.