Lai Mohammed uninformed about governance in Kwara – Govt.
Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
The Kwara State Government has said the Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, does not have the knowledge of the present governance in the state.
Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Kwara State Governor, Dr.Muideen Akorede, in a statement as a reaction to recent pronouncements on governance in Kwara State said such pronouncements were at variance with the reality on the ground.
Akorede said the Minister’s claim contained, “unsupported claims about governance in Kwara State government contradicted the image of stagnation painted by Alhaji Mohammed,” insisting that the state had recorded commendable strides.
“Kwara State has made visible incremental progress in the years referred to by Alhaji Mohammed. For example, since 2003, under the administration of former Governor Bukola Saraki and as upscale by the current administration of Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, Kwara State has overcome its position as a civil service-driven state and is now a major frontier of growth in the north central region.
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“The growth cuts across all sectors of our economy and includes successful reforms in health insurance, agriculture, energy, revenue generation, infrastructure development and funding which several states across the country continue to understudy and adopt.
“These reforms have the added distinction of earning Kwara State national and international acclaim in addition to vastly improving the lives of the people”, the SSA argued.
He further said, “The minister also failed to clarify his claim that workers have been pauperized in Kwara State on account of salary arrears.
“Rather, the truth is that Kwara State is one of the few states in the country that are up to date in the payment of salaries to workers.
“If the Minister was abreast of developments in the state, he will know or at least acknowledge that only local government workers are owed by their individual councils due to the drop in their federation allocation,” Akorede added.
