Kwara Gov hails community devt initiatives

Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq at the weekend
commended various community efforts to develop the state, saying such
initiatives complement his administrationโs efforts to build a viable
state.
โWe will not leave Kwara the way we met it as efforts are ongoing to
not only build good infrastructure to support an agrarian economy but
to also provide the right environment for our young people to grow,โ
Abdulrazaq said at the opening ceremony of newly built basketball
court at St. Anthony Secondary School, Ilorin on Saturday.
Represented by the Deputy Governor, Kayode Alabi, Abdulrazaq commended
Engr. Opeyemi Babalola, an alumnus of the school who donated the
facility to the school.
โIf we all give back to the society in our own little way, our society
will not be stagnant and together we will build a community of people
who constantly think of a greater future. The beauty of what we are
doing here today is that dozens of our students here will have the
opportunities to not only dream about becoming basketball stars but
also have the facility to prepare themselves for that future,โ
Abdulrazaq added.
Babalola, for his part, said he built the facility to rewrite the
history of the school in encouraging and providing the students and
sports enthusiasts access to adequate sporting facilities.
He said he had benefitted immensely from the school in building his
career, saying no amount of money was too much to give back to the
society.ย He called on wealthy individuals to support the government
in all areas.
Abdulrazaq, in another development, echoed similar message of
community service at the Gani festivals held in Okuta and
Ilesha-Baruba, where he restated his plans to open up the state with
roads and other basic facilities that would attract investments into
small and medium scale business which would in turn create wealth for
the people.
โWe are working with the Federal Government to see what can be done to
turn our rich arable land to wealth and make our state a beehive of
socioeconomic activities โ particularly serving as a hub for
agroprocessing industry and international trading centre,โ he said on
Saturday.
โBut that can only happen if our roads are passable and travel time is
reduced. So far, our administration has prevailed on a number of
contractors working in this axis of the state or elsewhere to return
to site or face the law. We are gradually getting result. For
instance, contractors are now back to the Gwanara Road.โ