OPINION: An Update from the Kwara Restoration Project. By Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi

Date: 2014-09-30

I must thank those of you who got hold of my email address and sent messages to inquire over our month long absence from the media. On behalf of the Kwara Restoration Project, we sincerely thank everyone that sent messages and we extend our gratitude to all the other Kwarans who have kept faith with the Kwara project.

First off, I must inform Kwarans that after the expiration of our ultimatum on the 8th of September, 2014, to the Kwara State Government on the issues that we raised in our last piece "Harmony Holdings Limited: A Monumental Fraud And Cash Cow" one of our prominent members submitted a letter to the commissioner for Justice and Attorney General of Kwara state invoking the freedom of information act in order to get answers to some of the posers that we raised in our piece. We sought to know in our August 31, 2014 press release why a holding company with twenty one (21) subsidiaries will declare a profit of a paltry 308 million naira? We reminded Kwarans that the bureau of lands alone (a subsidiary of Harmony Holdings Limited) can comfortably churn out a profit in excess of 500 million Naira annually. Beyond our assumption about the bureau, we later discovered through patriotic Kwarans in the Kwara state civil service that the bureau allegedly had a total revenue of over a billion Naira last year. And the bureau is just one out of the 21 companies.

Our other demands were also in the area of transparency and accountability. We demanded that Harmony Holdings Limited's 2012 and 2013 financial details be published to afford all Kwarans the opportunity to see how their commonwealth is being managed and finally we demanded full disclosure on Harmony Holdings Limited's debt profile, liabilities and its current investments if any.

Fellow Kwarans, so far, the Kwara state government has refused to acknowledge our requests covered under the freedom of information act to release these records. Now, we are left with no choice but to approach the courts to compel the Kwara state government and her agents to release these records for the benefit of all Kwarans. Our lawyers are presently studying relevant provisions of the law to bring the management of Harmony Holdings Limited and the Kwara state government to justice.

I also would like to bring to your attention that the Kwara Restoration Project have forged a working relationship with the Kwara State Civil Service Arm of the Kwara Liberation Group to further bring to light the nefarious ways in which Bukola Saraki, AbdulFatah Ahmed and co are running the affairs of Kwara state. We promise to keep all Kwarans informed of all our activities and we will be sharing with all of you the outcome of our collaboration.

May God bless Kwara State.

Dr. Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi writes from Ilorin

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Adesoye College     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Kola Bukoye     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Eghe Igbinehi     Sheikh Hamzat Yusuf Ariyibi     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Inside Kwara     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Solomon Edojah     Lanre Olosunde     Obasanjo     Abdulquawiy Olododo     John Mayokun Dada     Kwara Politics     Muhammed Abdullahi     Kwha.gov.ng     Bilikis Oladimeji     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Ayobami Seriki     Gaa Olobi     Chikanda     Olawuyi     Ahmed     Bolaji Aladie     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Wahab Isa     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Mahmud Babatunde Baker     Riskat Opakunle     Timothy Akangbe     Oladimeji Thompson     Abatemi Usman     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Kwara State University Of Education     Ndakene     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Kuliyan Geri     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Sebastine Obasi     Offa Descendants Union     Sheikh Ariyibi     Olupako Of Share     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Omu Aran     Amos Sayo     Vasolar-Kwara Company Ltd     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Maryam Ado Bayero     Isiaka Yusuf     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Iliasu     Matthew Okedare     Amuda Bembe     Alao Ayotunde     Ahmed Alhasssan     Sango-UITH Road     Femi Gbajabiamila     Titus Suberu-Ajibola     Elesie Of Esie     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Sidikat Akaje     Afonja     Osi     Nigerian Correctional Service     Surajudeen Akanbi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

SUBEB     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Bolaji Abdullahi     Fatimoh Lawal     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Sa\'adu Salahu     Sobi FM     Yeketi     Agbarere     Ridwan Agboola     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     V.O. Abioye     Kayode Alabi     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Amos Justus Sayo     Maimunat Oloriegbe     Ojuekun     Oniyangi     Salihu S. Yaru     Jelili Yusuf     Split Diamond Interchange     Sardauna     Nigeria Computer Society     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Bolakale Saka     Omotosho     Muhammed Abdullahi     Sheikh Ariyibi     General Hospital     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Christopher Odetunde     Ahmed Ayinla Jimoh     Idris Garuba     Olugbense     Senate     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Assayomo     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Kunbi Titiloye     Dunmade     Kwara Liberation Group     Doyin Group     JUSUN     Voices Of Tomorrow     Jebba     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Binta Sulyman     Ajasse-Ipo     Women Radio     Bayo Lawal     Police Commissioner     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     2017 Budget     Usman Rifun     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Kwasu     George Funsho Adebayo     Jare Olatundun     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Patigi Regatta     Okiki     Crystal Corner Shops     AGILE Programme     Jide Oyinloye     Saad Omo\'ya     Matthew Babaoye     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Ajibike Katibi     Charles Ibitoye     Osuwa     Halidu Danbaba     Kwara State Television (KWTV)