-Three years of Sustained Prosperity In The State of Harmony

-Three years of Sustained Prosperity

- Why He Deserves a Second Term

- As More & More Groups Endorse Him For 2nd Term

If impact is the measure of good governance, then Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has excelled since becoming the sixth Executive Governor of Kwara State in 2011. From roads, education, agriculture, energy and health to youth empowerment and SME promotion, His Excellency, Dr. Ahmed has made governance meaningful by delivering its benefits to the people.

Banker, chemist and politician, Governor Ahmed brings to his job an inspiring vision of Kwara State, passion for high performance and a strong determination to create new opportunities for prosperity. Moreover, in demonstrating the benefits of continuity, the Senior Advocate of Teachers has strengthened hope in representative democracy and in governance.

Under Shared Prosperity, Governor Ahmed has implemented several life-transforming programmes such as the innovative Kwara Bridge Empowerment Scheme, KWABES, under which the government has employed 5,000 youths including 2,000 civil servants. The expanded Empowerment Scheme, QuickWin, has seen the engagement of 5,200 youths in the first phase with a total of 8200 youths targeted for empowerment in 2014. Also empowered are 41,000 small business owners, 100 transporters and 47 artisan groups that have benefitted from the N640 million in micro-credit disbursed under the Kwara Entrepreneurship Scheme since 2012.

In the education sector, ground-breaking educational reforms have been upscaled and infrastructure enhanced with construction and rehabilitation of 400 classrooms at primary and secondary school levels, and the introduction of free education at senior secondary school levels. The jewel in the education sector’s crown, the International Vocational Centre, Ajasse-Ipo, is affiliated with City and Guilds of London and poised to fill middle-level manpower gaps while establishing Kwara State as the hub for vocational skills in the sub-region.

In the health sector, government has supplied drugs and equipment to 13 general hospitals and 43 primary health centres as well as remodeled Ilorin, Offa, Omu-Aran, Share and Kaiama General Hospitals to state-of-the-art hospitals. The Community Health Insurance Scheme, through which enrollees receive year round healthcare for N500, has been extended to 80,000 beneficiaries and has been adjudged as one of the most successful by the United Nations.

To achieve its target of ensuring access to clean water within 500-metre radius, the state government has rehabilitated 17 waterworks spread across the state, sunk about 400 boreholes and it is on the verge of completing the Ilorin Water Reticulation Project, which will bring pipe-borne water to all homes in the metropolis.

For these laudable policies and programmes, Governor Ahmed has won recognition from several quarters. These include Global Excellence Award for Best Governor in Northern Nigeria (2011); City People’s Best Governor, North Central 2011; African Leadership Magazine’s Outstanding Agricultural Development Icon of the Year 2011; BusinessDay Best Governor in Agriculture 2013; City People Best Governor in Youth Empowerment 2013; NUT Best Governor in Education 2013, and HOG Governor of the Year 2013. We present an overview of performance in the key sectors


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Sai maigida!!

billydragon: Sai maigida!!

.... Some are true, some are not, Maigida tried but his second term depends on how his master feels.... KWARA DESERVES BETTER

Only one picture,more pictures pls

mkpakanaodogwu: Only one picture,more pictures pls

Abi!

What is he doing about the rot at International aviation college,xtian workers being fired,salary not paid.i will rather go for PDP