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.

Aliyu Muhammed     Senate     Oladimeji Thompson     Adesoye College     Teachers Specific Allowance     Otuka     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Moses Afolayan     Jelili Yusuf     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Kaiama     Salihu Yahaya     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     Onikijipa     Sodiya     Quran     Yekini Adio     Osi     Elelu     Saeedat Aliyu     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     Alao Ayotunde     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Olateju Lukman     Owode Market     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Bashir Adigun     Afolayan     Olatunji Bamgbola     Olabanji Orilonishe     Alaro     Modibbo Kawu     Ahmed Alhasssan     Kwara Central     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Ahmed \'Lateef     Fulani     Muhammad Akande Olarewaju Odunade     Moronfoye     NTA Ilorin     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Twitter     Firdaos Amasa     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     United Nigeria Airline     Metro Park     Haleeman Salman     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Kayode Ishola     Durbar     Ilorin West     JSSCE     All Peoples Party     Al-Hikmah Radio     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Bio Ibrahim     Oko Erin     Oro Grammar School     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Barakat Community Secondary School     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Amasa     Ibrahim Bio     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Riskat Opakunle     Ahmad Lawan     National Information Technology Development Agency     Ibrahim Abiodun     Tunji Arosanyin     Kwara University Of Education     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Curfew     Oba Abdulraheem    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Tafidan Kaiama     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Dele Momodu     Umar Saro     Smart School     Talaka Parapo     Tayo Alao     Adekunle David Dunmade     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Communication Network Support Services     Ganmo     Isiaka Yusuf     Ajikobi     Jumoke Gafar     Crystal Corner Shops     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Tunji Arosanyin     Binta Sulyman     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Pakata Patriots     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Amos Sayo     Sulyman Tejidini     Sherif Shagaya     KWSUED     Okoolowo     George Innih     GAMA     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Sidikat Alaya     National Democratic Congress     Maigida     Sa\'adu Salau     Adesoye     AbdulHamid Adi     TIIDELab     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Ilesha-Gwanara     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Olatinwo     Idris Amosa Saidu     Baba Issa     Yusuf Abubakar     Michael Imoudu National Institute For Labour Studies     Rafiu Ajakaye     SSUCOEN     Olusegun Adeniyi     Bilikis Oladimeji     Sulyman Buhari     Arik     Modibbo Kawu     Wasiu Odewale     Read With Me     Baruba     Dankaka     Moshood Mustapha     Okin Biscuit     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Senate President     Awoye     Garba Ado Sanni     TETFUND     Ifelodun     Oro Grammar School     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Mumeen Lah     Turaki     Kayode Alabi     Bolaji Gambari     Okin High School     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Quranic Recitation Competition