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.

Saka Isau     Raliat Islamic Foundation     Doyin Awoyale     Ashiru     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Sarakite     Earlyon Technologies     Bureau Of Lands     Opobiyi     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Kunle Suleiman     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     Rotimi Atere     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Doyin Agbamu     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Christopher Odetunde     Tsaragi/Share     Taofik Mustapha     Zaratu Umar     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Olatinwo     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Razaq Atunwa     Jimoh Akani     KWATMA     Adama Isa     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     HICA     Trade Lenda SME Fair     Saadu Alanamu     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Nurudeen Mohammed     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Bluenile Associates     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Grillo     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Elerin Of Adanla     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Balogun Fulani     Shehu Adaramaja     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Hausa     Tsaragi     Siraj Oyewale     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Okanlawon Taiwo     Zara Umar     Abdulwahab Oba     Niyi Osundare     Iqra Books     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Haleeman Salman     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Imam Gambari     Press Release     Oyedepo     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Abdulrahman Iliasu     KwaraLearn     Owu Fall     Gbemi Saraki     Usman Rifun     Ilorin Curfew     Yahaya Muhammad     AbdulGafar Tosho     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Babaita    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Razak Atunwa     Undergraduate Bursary     Vasolar     AIT Ilorin     Sobi Specialist Hospital     University Road     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Bank Of Industry     Abioye Bello     Mike Omotosho     Saka Keji     Tinubu     Umar Sanda Yusuf     Lanre Issa Onilu     Manzuma     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Hausa     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Wole Oke     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Kwara     Adisa Logun     Just Law Forum     Malete     Ahman Pategi     Usman Yunusa     Bond     Minister     Idofin     Segun Olawoyin     IFK     Alimi Abdulrazaq     Magaji Nda     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Al-Hikmah University     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     General Hospital, Offa     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Musa Aibinu     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Arca Santa     Mutawalle     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Presidential Election     Olomu     Pakata Development Association     Olushola Saraki     Offorjama     Isiaka Alikinla     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Kolade Solagberu     Musibau Akanji     Irepodun     Ilorin Metro Park     Peter Obi     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Adamu Attah     Moro     TIIDELab     Olatunde Jare     Ilorin Like-Minds     Kwara Restoration Project     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Hijab     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Saliu Mustapha     Damilola Yusuf     Kwara State Polytechnic     Aliyu Muhammed     Benin Republic     Saheed Alakoso     Okasanmi Ajayi     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Wahab Isa