Kwara State Assembly on Thursday confirmed all the 16 commissioner nominees forwarded to it by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

That came three days after the lawmakers commenced the screening of the cabinet picks in what has been described as about the most thorough yet friendly confirmatory sessions in the state.

Speaker Salihu Yakubu Danladi said the nominees were confirmed following a three-day screening that saw the House asking them questions related to their backgrounds, expertise and track records as Kwarans.

“The nominees are hereby confirmed as commissioners (for Kwara State). We so resolve. I now direct the Clerk of the House to communicate this decision to the Governor,” Danladi said at the plenary after the House had earlier dissolved into a Committee of Whole.

The Thursday confirmation was preceded by screening of four nominees who were the last batch of the 16 appointees.

The nominees were Oyedun Julianna Funke (Isin); Agbaje Wahab Femi (Offa); Joanna Nnazua Kolo (Edu); and Arinola Fatimah Lawal (Ilorin East).

A seasoned educationist and women-rights advocate, Funke said the best strategy for Kwara to keep teachers in the hinterlands would be to pay rural teachers’ allowance to personnel who agree to serve in the villages.

She also called for free accommodation for such teachers and concerted efforts by the host communities to accommodate them in manners that make them comfortable to work and live there.

“If I find myself in the education ministry, I will ensure that we liaise with the communities to embrace the teachers and offer them the necessary support. We will also reintroduce or strengthen School Based Management Committees (SBMCs) to help in this regard,” she added.

“The idea of political officials influencing transfer of teachers should stop. Our children are the ones suffering. Once we give them these incentives and take away undue political influence, the teachers will stay.”

Femi, an administrator and grassroots politician, said Nigeria must never prioritise stomach infrastructure at the expense of physical infrastructural development.

“I believe there are other ways of compensating those who have done one thing or the other. But we definitely can’t play with physical infrastructure. Several Countries have left us behind because of our attitude to governance. Our problem is the lack of honest and altruistic leadership, or people who place public interest above personal interest,” he said.

He was later asked to bow and go following massive endorsements of his nomination by the lawmakers who recalled his contributions to the victory of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

26-year-old Kolo told the lawmakers that her nomination was a challenge for her to contribute to the development of the state, calling it a “a rare privilege to serve.”

“I thank God for this rare privilege to serve. It is not by my power or any personal effort. I also want to appreciate the Governor for the golden opportunity given to me to be here today,” Kolo said, her speech repeatedly interrupted by wild applause from the gallery.

She commended her party and community leaders “for their mentorship and support”.

Speaker Yakubu he was impressed by Kolo’s opening remarks which were rendered in flawless British English, urging her to represent “our (youth) constituency well”.

“You’ve got a lot of work to do. You can’t let us down as members of your Constituency,” Yakubu added, asking her to bow and go.

The final nominee was Arinola Lawal whose screening session was the most emotional as lawmakers took turns to praise the role of former Governor Mohammed Lawal — Arinola’s father — in the socioeconomic development and political struggle of Kwara.

She was ushered into the parliament amid loud praises of her father while the screening session was punctuated by shouts of ‘omo L’Aderin’ — one of the many cognomens of Arinola’s father whose tenure as Kwara Governor was the most memorable since 1999 when Nigeria returned to civilian rule.

Arinola, whose managerial experience spans tourism and hospitality sector, was later asked to bow and go as the session became emotional. She was the only nominee who did not say a word throughout the screening.

The Governor had sent a total of 16 nominees for confirmation as commissioners.



https://www.fidelinfo.com/2019/10/31/kwara-assembly-confirms-abdulrazaqs-cabinet-nominees/

My only mission here is to become a nairaland celebrity and marry lalasticlala
We will invite you to the wedding... only if you can guess what kind of meat would be cooked!

Please I am from Kwara. That building is not as beautiful as you see in the picture.

angelEmade:
My only mission here is to become a nairaland celebrity and marry lalasticlala
We will invite you to the wedding... only if you can guess what kind of meat would be cooked!

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angelEmade:
Please I am from Kwara. That building is not as beautiful as you see in the picture.

Lol....

despite that no body ask you question.

angelEmade:
Please I am from Kwara. That building is not as beautiful as you see in the picture.

The only good thing was including Lawal son..Kwara would have been a better state with him until the Saraki's hijacked it. Continue to rest on Mr Lawal some of Ur projects are still visible to us all
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Hope they perform. God bless Omu aran God bless kwara and God bless Nigeria

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A new dawn for Kwarans.

God bless Kwara State.

God bless Nigeria.

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angelEmade:
Please I am from Kwara. That building is not as beautiful as you see in the picture.

Thanks for informing us. I have already make a comparison with OGHA complex.

Our south east brothers pushed Saraki to where he is today because of their support.

I wish them a successful tenure as commissioners.
The work starts now!!!

Onlinealaba:
The only good thing was including Lawal son..Kwara would have been a better state with him until the Saraki's hijacked it. Continue to rest on Mr Lawal some of Ur projects are still visible to us all
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Its still a wonder how Muhammad Lawal lost that election but in all, politics is a game hard to decide. Alot of choices comes into play.. After Lawal lost his election, his project were abandoned.

angelEmade:
Please I am from Kwara. That building is not as beautiful as you see in the picture.

Lol, yah. Me too.
I'm also here with you in Ilorin
Bad building with bad roads all over the area too. Lol.

November is here. It's our month o, soft month.

Speaker Yakubu he was impressed by Kolo’s opening remarks which were rendered in flawless British English, urging her to represent “our (youth) constituency well”.
That speaker must be suffering from inferiority complex... One of the reasons we have incompetent ignoramus at the helms of affairs in this country.... A country where motivational speakers are mistaken for competent and experienced entities, just blow small grammar... Voila! It's all done. Many competent souls has been frustrated out of this country because of the way things are done here...no wonder the Indians, Chinese and country who have decided to embrace and retain their language and good part of their cultural values are ever forging ahead.

MrFourSHIRTS:
Its still a wonder how Muhammad Lawal lost that election but in all, politics is a game hard to decide. Alot of choices comes into play.. After Lawal lost his election, his project were abandoned.

if u were a civil servant during gov Lawal, u will know why he lost the election. He lost the election the same way bukola saraki lost.

Onlinealaba:
The only good thing was including Lawal son..Kwara would have been a better state with him until the Saraki's hijacked it. Continue to rest on Mr Lawal some of Ur projects are still visible to us all
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You mean Lawal's daughter, right?

Because Lawal's son - Akeem - was only a governorship aspirant, not a commissioner nominee.

angelEmade:
Please I am from Kwara. That building is not as beautiful as you see in the picture.

Probably, u have not been there. u are seeing it on the pages of newspapers

angelEmade:
My only mission here is to become a nairaland celebrity and marry lalasticlala
We will invite you to the wedding... only if you can guess what kind of meat would be cooked!

Stop your stupid daydreaming. Lalasticala is married with kids.

imam07:
if u were a civil servant during gov Lawal, u will know why he lost the election. He lost the election the same way bukola saraki lost.

OK sir