Kwara LG boss seeks maintenance of council's facilities, infrastructure

Date: 2017-01-10

Kazeem Adekanye, Chairman, Irepodun Local Government Council of Kwara, has urged the people to imbibe the culture of maintaining and protecting public infrastructure in their domains.

Adekanye made the call during a visit to Ansarul Islam Local Government Education Area (LGEA) Primary School in Ijomu-Oro, which was gutted by fire recently. An evening fire had last Friday destroyed the roof and walls of one block of two classrooms in the school.

He said the call for protection of public facilities and infrastructure was informed by the need to reduce waste of scarce resources in view of the nation's unimpressive economic situation.

"Maintaining government facilities in our care should be part of our topmost priority, that is the only way we can attract more goodwill in terms of our basic infrastructure from the government," he said.

Adekanye, who was at the school to assess the extent of damage, described the incident as unfortunate.

He added that absence of the pupils in the affected classrooms saved the situation from getting worse, expressing relief that no life was lost during the fire.

""We have to thank God first that there are no casualties during the incident as it could have been worse had it been the children were in school as at the time of the incidence," he said.

The council boss said the state government under the leadership of Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed was doing its best to impact the education sector.

He cited the primary schools renovation project across the 16 local government areas of the state as a good pointer to the administration's commitment to the education sector.

Adekeye pledged the council's readiness to partner with the state government in ensuring the desired transformation envisioned for the sector, especially at the grassroots.

He also used the visit to call for adequate legislation against bush burning to prevent unnecessary fire outbreak, particularly during the dry season.

Adekanye asked the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Irepodun Local Government Chapter, Gabriel Opatola, to come up with a comprehensive report on the fire for possible assistance.

He was accompanied on the visit by some principal officers of the council. Earlier, Opatola had briefed the chairman on the incident and said the effect had reportedly brought down the bricks on one side of the building.

He disclosed that all efforts by some youths and sympathisers to put out the fire had proved abortive.

He thanked Adekeye for his quick response to assess the incident and urged the council to come to the aid of the affected school.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Bukola Saraki     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Kehinde Baale     Lanre Badmus     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Kwara State Government     Aliyu Salihu     Issa Baba     Raji AbdulRasaq     Akanbi-Oke     Bello John Olanrewaju     Yoruba     Kwara Hotel     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Al-Adaby     Justina Oha     Alabe     Olawuyi     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Aminu Ado Bayero     Minimum Wage     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Smart School     Muritala Awodun     Apaola     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Abdulkareem Alabi     Oke-Oyi     Yemi Osinbajo     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Sunday Otokiti     Bayo Lawal     NTA Ilorin     New Naira Notes     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Javed Khan     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Amuda Bembe     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Facemasks     National Broadcasting Commission     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     Lanre Aremu     Aremu Bose Deborah     Alabi Lawal     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Prince Sunday Fagbemi     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Okin Biscuit     Salman Suleiman     Umar Saro     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Raymond Olaitan     Gbemi Saraki     IsDB     Fatimah Abdulkadir     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Manzuma     Kuliyan Geri     Adeleke Ogungbe     Ado Bayero     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Femi Oladiji     Olaitan Buraimoh     Salau Kabiru Abdullahi     Alfa Belgore     Yusuf A. Usman     JAAC     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Babajide Ajayi     Olokoba Sulyman     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     EFCC     Issa Oloruntogun     Pilgrims Board     IESA    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Sadiq Umar     CUTI     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Kola Olota     CKNG     Kawu     Kwara State Pension Board     Obayomi Azeez     Mutawali     Sarah Alade     Sulu Gambari     Kulende     Gobir     Abdullahi Biffo     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Ramadhan     Sanusi Abubakar     Public Holiday     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Dele Belgore     Ayekale     Yakub Lai Gobir     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Ubandoma Of Ilorin     Dagbalodo     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Abdulfatai Ahmed     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Usman Yunusa     IESA     Alore     Emir Of Ilorin     ANCOPPS     Inside Kwara     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Tunde Kazeem     Olateju Lukman     Marufat Oladosu     Atiku Abubakar     Bankole Omisore     Alliance For Democracy     Olabode George Towoju     Sambo Murtala     Kwara     JUSUN     Agboola Abdulraheem     Ibrahim Orire     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Iyiola Oyedepo     V.O. Abioye     Turaki     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     CLAY POT     Democracy Day     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Sam Okaula     Aliyu Umar     Baba Issa Awoye     Shero     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     UNIFEMGA     Odo-Owa     Dauda Adeniran Adeshola     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Oba Abdulrahim     Police Commissioner     Na\'Allah     Moses Salami     Sobi     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd