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Ile Arugbo’s Land Revocation: Abdulrazaq Should Stop All These Funny Lies Babatunde Boladale

Ile Arugbo’s Land Revocation: Abdulrazaq Should Stop All These Funny Lies Babatunde Boladale We have noted a document being circulated by agents of Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq showing a Letter or Allocation on Plots 1, 3 and 5 Ilofa Road, GRA, Ilorin, purportedly issued in response to application from Asa Investments, a company owned by Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. The aim of the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, who is the sponsor of the propaganda is to claim that though allocation letter for the plots was issued, no payment was made. First, we note that the Governor has shifted from the fact that there was no document concerning the allocation. One document had been produced by the sponsor of the initial lie to contradict himself. May be he and his agents should still check more. They may still found more relevant documents. Second, a look at the document being circulated showed that Oloye was expected to pay a total of N1, 047, 090 ( One Milli...

Revocation of Late Saraki’s Land: ‘Abdulrasaq Has Crossed the Line’

December 28, 2019 PRESS STATEMENT *Revocation of Late Saraki’s Land: ‘Abdulrasaq Has Crossed the Line’* Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has stated that Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has crossed the line of decency with his recent efforts to erase the legacies of his (Saraki’s) late father, Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki. Saraki, in a statement he personally signed and released in Lagos today, stated that the war of attrition waged against the legacy of his father and everything that belongs to the late politician simply portrayed the Governor as a man who lacks the sense of history and set out only to fight the Saraki family but not to serve the interest of Kwarans. “Yesterday night, the Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq finally showed his true colour when he announced his decision to revoke the ownership of a property rightfully held by my late father, Dr. Olusola Abubakar Saraki on Plots 1, 3 and 5 Ilofa Roa...

Barr Ibrahim Salawu Thomade's Media Team Strongly Condemn In Totality The Uncivilized Actions & Defamatory

Barr Ibrahim Salawu Thomade's Media Team Strongly Condemn In Totality The Uncivilized Actions & Defamatory Statements Made By Honourable Saheed Popoola To Defame The Personality & Profession Of Barr Ibrahim Salawu Thomade At Harmony FM On Tuesday 25th Of September 2019.* We Hereby Urge The General Public To Disregard Each And Every Defamatory Statement Made Against Barr Ibrahim Salawu Thomade, As we are Working On the appropriate response. *This Step Will Serve As Deterrent To Saheed And Other feeble  Minded Politicians With Bad Media manners.* *NOTE!* Barr Ibrahim Salawu Thomade Is A Human Right Activist Which Honourable Saheed Had for Long Benefited From His Services To Humanity. *Barr Ibrahim Salawu Thomade Is A Well Known Progressive By Birth Considering His antecedents And His Father Thomade's Great unblemished role In Nigerian Politics.* The General Public Should Therefore Disregard Every Disreputable Rumour Emanating From Saheed's Camp, As Barr Ibrahim S...

FAAC: Kwara To Receive N3.2b As April Allocation As LGs Get N2.4b

FAAC: Kwara to Receive N3.2b as April Allocation as LGs Get N2.4b Kwara State Government has revealed its federal allocation figures for April 2019. In statement issued in Ilorin on Wednesday, the State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu said the state government will receive N3,279,896,086.07 as federal allocation for April. The April allocation, according to Banu, comprises statutory allocation of N1,984,735,503.59, Value Added Tax (VAT) amounting to N865,451,596.07, exchange gain of N3,605,662.04, foreign exchange equalisation of N71,405,769.35, additional NNPC funds amounting to N54,568,854.62 as well as goods and valuable contribution of N300,128,700.40. Banu said local government councils in the state, on their part, were allocated N2,410,239,130.07. A breakdown of the figures, according to the Commissioner, shows statutory allocation of N1,636,528,475.17, VAT of N490,288,450.71, foreign exchange equalision of N47,096,945.10, exchange gain of N2,378,178.52, addition...

I Have No Hand In Recruitment Of New KWASU VC: Governor Ahmed

I Have No Hand in Recruitment of New KWASU VC: Governor Ahmed Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed says it is entirely the prerogative of the Kwara State University’s (KWASU) Governing Council to recruit a new Vice Chancellor as the incumbent’s tenure expires. Governor Ahmed, in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Dr Muyideen Akorede, said social media claims that he attempting to teleguide the selection process of a new Chief Executive for KWASU in favour of particular candidates are completely untrue. While dismissing the post currently circulating on social media as an attempt to blackmail him, Governor Ahmed also dissociated his office or his aides from any attempt to foist anyone on the university as Vice Chancellor. Alhaji Ahmed said he has been briefed by the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, KWASU’s supervisory ministry,  that the University is yet to receive any response to it...

FAAC: Kwara Gets N3.3b For March As LGA Receive N2.4b .

FAAC: Kwara Gets N3.3b for March as LGs Receive N2.4b The Kwara State Government is to receive a sum of N3,307,918,431,91 as allocation from the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) March  2019. The State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, made this known in a statement released in Ilorin on Thursday. Banu disclosed that the State Government’s allocation was made up of statutory receipt of N2,135,323,050.74, Value Added Tax (VAT) of N901,610,816.11exchange gain of N4,725,434.41, excess bank charges of N25,193,474.21, and foreign exchange equalisation N241,065,656.44. Explaining further, Banu said the 16 Local Government Councils in the State are to receive N2,425,638,638,39 as allocation for March. According to the Commissioner, the council’s allocation comprises statutory allocation of N1,735,851,170.04, VAT of N511,054,779.12, exchange gain of N3,116,744.30, excess bank charges of N16,616,803.97 and foreign exchange equalisation of N158,999...

Kwara Government Reveals Debt Profile

Kwara Government Reveals Debt Profile The Kwara State Government clarified that, contrary to public speculation, the state’s current debt portfolio stands at N30,203,632,608.29 with a monthly repayment of N496,367,109.08. According to the State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Demola Banu, the debt stood at N31,481,082,712.95 in 2017 and N30,751,665,421.83 at the end of 2018, contrary to social media speculation of N50.2b. Giving a breakdown of the current indebtedness, Banu explained that the N30.2b includes N15,325,541,483.03 as the balance of the Federal Government restructured loan, N4,002,948,667.07 as salary bail out, excess crude account loan outstanding of N9,324,613,607.52 and vehicle loan balance of N128,916,612.87. Others are the Commercial Agriculture Credit Scheme (CACS) and Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) Agriculture Scheme with respective balances of N646,213,285.03 and N679,233,857.13 as well as International Aviation College loan balance of N96,165,095.64. W...