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.

Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Aasiyat Bello Oyedepo     Kwara Central     Kulende     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Ibrahim Orire     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Saad Omo\'ya     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Yomi Ogunsola     Lanre Aremu     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Bisi Oyeleke     Sam Okaula     Tosho Yaqub     Titus Ashaolu     TETFUND     Umar Gunu     Sarkin Malamai     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     AGM Professional Services     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Garba Idris Ajia     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Ayinde Oyepitan     Kawu     CELF     Saidu Isa     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Sardauna     Shehu Salau     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Amusa Bello     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Awwal Jawondo     Shuaib Boni Aliyu     Labaeka     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Ahman Pategi University     N-Power     Folorunsho Erubu     Ibrahim Abduquadri Abikan     Shettima Of Ilorin     Oloyede     CUTI     Abatemi-Usman     Diagnostic Centre     Chartered Institute Of Personnel Management Of Nigeria     Jimba Babatunde     Simeon Sayomi     Aliyu Muhammed     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Ogbondoroko     Fawenu     Alfa Belgore     Public Holiday     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Bamidele Aluko     JSSCE     Isiaka Alikinla     Alore     Sidikat Akaje     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Oluronke Adeyemi     Ejidongari     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Olatunde Michaels     Abikan     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon     Sobi Hill     National Association Of Nigerian Students    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

SSA Youth Engagement     Madawaki     Congress For National Consensus     National Pilot     Ahmad Ali     Simeon Ajibola     Seun Bolaji     Ahman Patigi     Razaq Atunwa     Buhari     ENetSuD     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Monsurat Omotosho     Tunji Olawuyi     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Tafidan Kaiama     Mary Kemi Adeosun     Sarah Jubril     08001000100     Abatemi Usman     Sanusi Abubakar     Toyin Falola     Kola Ologbondiyan     20 Billion Bond     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Ibrahim Taiwo     Funmi Salau     Sulu Gambari     Aminat Omodara     Danladi     Taofik Abdulkareem     Abubakar Atiku     Ahman Pategi     UNILORIN Alumni     Buari Edun     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Shoprite     Aliyu Adebayo     Falokun-Oja     Bolaji Aladie     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     Kawu Baraje     Dorcas Afeniforo     Post-utme     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Ibrahim Abdullahi     Jaiz Bank     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     International Vocational Centre     Shehu Adaramaja     March 18     Bello Oyebanji     Ilota     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Maimunat Oniyangi     Suleman Abubakar     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Saba Mamman Daniel     PPS     Peter Obi     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Sheriff Shagaya     Kanu Agabi     Radio Kwara     Twitter     Oyun     Ashiru     Olawuyi     Joseph Daudu     Saad Omo\'ya     Mohammed Halidu     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Kwara State Television (KWTV)