Why Kwara is financially healthy

Date: 2012-06-21

Kwara State government said it has managed challenges of being one of the states with the least monthly federal allocation, to emerge one of the most financially healthy states in the country.

Commissioner for Information and Communication, Tunji Moronfoye, who stated this in an interview with newsmen in Ilorin, said the state's rating as among the 10 most financially healthy states in the country, was due to the prudent management and judicious use of its limited resources.

He said since the amount the state receives monthly from the Federation Account is not enough to develop the state, the government rather than rely totally on the monthly allocation, has been exploring other opportunities and making prudent management its watchword, to make the state economically viable.

The commissioner said that recent absorption of about 1,000 people into its workforce would not affect payment of salaries of both existing workers and the newly employed ones

The government, last May, during the celebration of its one year in office, absorbed into the civil service 1,000 of the 2,000 youths it engaged under its Kwara Bridge Empowerment Scheme (KWABES), where the people were being paid some stipends monthly.

The government made this absorption despite that the Federal Government is yet to yield to demand of the state government that amount accruing to states from the Federation Account should be jacked up, to enable them fully implement the new minimum wage

But Moronfoye said the government is fully prepared to meet the challenges of paying the salaries

He said the government has been making efforts to increase its internally generated revenue (IGR), attract foreign investors to partner with it in businesses, and promote self-employment.

He said these are the avenue by which the government would, through profit and taxation, earn enough money to pay salary of the workers and ensure development.

The commissioner said the government is making judicious use of available resources to make them produce great beneficial effect on economic development of the state

He said that the Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) the state government is signing with investment partners, including Federal Government and foreign investors, would lead to execution of projects they are meant for.

He said that signing of the MoU is the first step in such partnership sponsored projects as the one government is engaging and that the signings are not being done without plans to implement the projects.

Moronfoye said that proper signing of the MoU would not only guarantee proper implementation, but also ensure that projects are not arbitrarily discontinued in the future.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Lafiagi     Isiaka Yusuf     Erubu     Igbaja     Folorunsho Alao     Afonja Descendants Union     Alimi     Ejidongari     Ajayi Okasanmi     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Sabo-Oke     Undergraduate Bursary     Isin     Folaranmi Aro     Offa     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Kwara Apc     Hakeem Idris     Tunde Kazeem     Oloriegbe     Popo-Igbonna     Shagari     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     NaAllah     Moses Afolayan     Government High School Adeta     Samuel Adedoyin     Kannike     Bayo Ojo     Tayo Awodiji     Ajuloopin     Hajj     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Ramat Oganija     Balogun Gambari     Elerinjare     Facebook     CELF     Adeniyi Ojo     Kwara 2023     Memunat Monsuma     Universal Basic Education Commission     Abdullahi Atanda     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Yusuf Abubakar     NULGE     Ilorin General Hospital     Sarah Jubril     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     College Of Health     Ali Ahmad     Moro     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Alaiye     Ajikobi     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Post Utme     Basic Education Certificate Examination     School Of Nursing     Saad Omo\'ya     Abdulfatai Baakini     Maigida Soludero Transit     PharmAccess Foundation     Egbejila     IF-K     Ariyo     Anilelerin     New Model Police Station     ENetSuD     Bayer AG     Eghe Igbinehi     Maigida     Gobir Organization Foundation     Ilorin Muslim Community     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Mohammed Lawal     Olusola Saraki     Ike Ekweremadu     Muhammad Yahya     Isaac Gbenle     Quranic Recitation Competition     Orisun Igbomina     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Offa Grammer School     Ajibike Katibi     Damilola Yusuf     Owo Arugbo     Wasiu Odewale     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Ajasse-Ipo     Raliat AbdulRazaq     PharmAccess Foundation     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Modibo Kawu     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     LAK Jimoh     Gbenga Awoyale     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Abdulfatai Baakini     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Saad Belgore     Javed Khan     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     KWATMA     Hamid Bobboyi     Yekeen Alabi     IEDPU     Tunde Idiagbon Road     Khairat Gwadabe     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Omotoso     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Ibrahim Oniye     Ajeigbe     Wole Oke     James Kolo     Kolade Solagberu     Saheed Alakoso     Hussein Oloyede     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Ganmo     First Lady     Salihu S. Yaru     Chikanda     High Court     Kayode Laro     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Ibrahim Mashood     GANZY     Gabriel Fashanu     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Yakub Lai Gobir     Abdullahi Atanda     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Issa Oloruntogun     Salman Alada     Kehinde Boyede     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Oya State     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Adijat Adebiyi     Dan-Kazeem     Dasuki Belgore