Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has renovated the
decrepit hostels of the state’s National Youths Service Corps (NYSC)
camp, barely five months after he described it as not fit for human
living during his visit.
The renovation came three months after his administration also
supplied the facilities with 400 mattresses, 200 double-bunk beds, 100
long benches, and consumables which the government said were meant to
make the camp more conducive for the corps members. Abdulrazaq had on
June 20 paid an unscheduled visit to the NYSC camp at Yikpata, Edu
Local Government Area of Kwara State where he lamented the condition
of the facilities and said they typified the deplorable state of
things across the state. He however pledged to fix the facilities,
especially the hostels.
“We are really grateful to Mr Governor for keeping his words. I’m
happy to inform you that the government has renovated three main
hostels, including the two-in-one Mayflower hostel, and I don’t think
there’s any NYSC camp in the country that has the kind of facilities
we now have,”said, Kwara NYSC Coordinator, Esther Ikupolati.
She added that the camp management has decided to rename the Mayflower
hostel as Harmony Hostel in honour of the Governor’s efforts.
Abdulrazaq had openly apologised to the corps members for the
condition of the facilities and said the visit was a challenge to him
to do things differently.
“I apologise for the state of your accommodation. After seeing them,
it is like a penitentiary. It is not fit for human living,” he had
said during the visit.
“The people in charge before should have done better. By saying that,
I have thrown a challenge to myself and my administration to make
things better.”
Similarly, renovation of some blocks of classrooms were completed at
the Special Needs School at Apata Yakuba in Ilorin, last week.
