Kwara State Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq last Thursday
called on private investors and philanthropists to join hands with his
administration to develop the state.
He also commended the various individuals and communities who have
been contributing their own quota to the development of Kwara State,
citing the Salman Shagaya Foundation’s empowerment programmes as a
good example of such laudable initiatives.
“I begin this address by first and foremost commending the brains
behind the Salman Shagaya Foundation for this laudable intervention —
and other things the Foundation has been doing in the past few years,”
Abdulrazaq said at the official flag off of the 4000 Homes Solar
Intervention Project by the Foundation in Ilorin, the state capital.
“This is a development worthy of emulation. This is community service
at its best. On behalf of the Government and people of Kwara State, I
commend Alhaji Sheriff Shagaya and management of this Foundation for
this great initiative.”
Abdulrazaq, who was represented at the event by a member of the Kwara
State House of Assembly, Hon. AbdulGafar Ayilara said his
administration will leave Kwara better than it met it, citing various
ongoing efforts to rebuild the state, including Wednesday’s open bids
for construction/rehabilitation of 26 urban roads.
“Our agenda is to bequeath to the coming generation a Kwara that is a
proud reference point in the North Central Region and Nigeria. Apart
from partnering with private initiatives and investors, our
administration is committing huge budgetary allocations to strengthen
our infrastructure and reposition our state. By this time next year,
God willing, Kwara State Library will have facilities that would make
learning enjoyable and inspire our tech-savvy young people to aspire
to become the Mark Zuckerbergs of Africa,” he added.
Shagaya, the founder of the Foundation, commended the Governor for
simplifying and bringing governance closer to the people.
He said the Foundation, which is known for empowerment of poor people,
is committed to making life easy for the community as its own way of
giving back to the society.
“We at the Salman Shagaya Foundation remain true to our commitment to
champion and execute developmental interventions for a better Kwara
state. We want to be remembered for devoting our resources, time and
energy to alleviate hunger and raise standard of living in the
society,” Shagaya said.
The programme witnessed the commissioning of the first 100 of the solar project.
