In another first, Kwara gov takes budget meeting to 'special needs school' Says budget must reflect people's need

Date: 2019-07-23

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Tuesday directed top civil servants to meet him at the state's school of special needs for their budget review meeting.

In what was a first in the state's history, AbdulRazaq said he purposely scheduled the meeting for the school to let the top bureaucrats and government functionaries appreciate the need to allocate resources in manners that directly benefit the downtrodden in the society.

The governor had earlier visited the school a few weeks ago to listen to the teachers and inspect the facilities there, apologising to the children and promising to quickly attend to their needs.

"Work has started, in line with our Iseya mantra. I'm sorry to drag you here; it is symbolic. This is necessary for you to understand that there are other people who have needs that we should meet. I want (the budget) to be more inclusive going forward," he told the civil servants at the mid year budget review session in Apata Yakuba suburb of Ilorin, the state capital.

The meeting was attended by the Head of Service Mrs Susan Modupe Oluwole; Chairman of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS); permanent secretaries; directors and heads of various government departments and parastatals.

AbdulRazaq told the bureaucrats that bringing them to the school was to ensure that budgets are made to reflect the condition of the people, and not a show of executive powers.

"I've been here before and I know they have needs. The pupils here don't have access to very basic needs. They don't have light. They can't read. This is a trend across the state. Our schools are in bad states. This is why we emphasise the need to get basic things running first," he said.

"The budget should be realistic. We should bring things back to standard. So, bringing you here is to encourage you to feel the situation here. It is not impunity. It is for us to understand the terrible state of things. It is to make you appreciate the situation here. I want you to appreciate the environment in which you work.

"We want to put basic things in place first before we move into big budget (projects). We will eventually embark on those (big) things but we want to put basic things in place first."

He urged the top civil servants and wealthy members of the society to help the needy such as the special needs children and other disadvantaged members of the society.

The meeting was the second time the governor would pull top civil servants to the hinterland to have a feel of the condition of the people.

In June, the governor summoned permanent secretaries and other officials to Patigi, in Kwara North, following his visit to some schools and hospitals whose conditions he said were unacceptable to him.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Yakubu Gobir     Sun Qing Rong     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Temitope Ogunbanke     Mumini Ishola Hanafi     Transition Implementation Committee     Idowu Aremu     Labour Party     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Kemi Adeosun     Muhammed Abdullahi     KW-GIS     Dan-Kazeem     Maryam Nurudeen     Press Release     Kubra Kazum     Tsaragi     CT Ayeni     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Bamidele Adegoke     Radio Kwara     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Saliu Ajia     Christopher Odetunde     Yetunde Balogun     Rafiu Olasile     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     Oke-Kura     Asa LGEA School     Gobir     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Isapa     Gwanara     Yusuf Badmus     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Garba Ado Sanni     Dele Belgore     CACOVID     National Democratic Congress     Segun Abifarin     Abdulrasheed Lafia     March 18     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Biliaminu Aliu     Ben Duntoye     School Of Nursing     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Mohammed Halidu     Crystal Corner Shops     Amusement Park     National Party Of Nigeria     Ileloke     Isiaq Khadeejah     Otoge     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     ENetSuD     Gambari     Babatunde Idiagbon     Oloje     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Tuesday Assayomo     SUBEB     Shehu Raheem Adaramaja     Lawal Olohungbebe     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Idris Amosa Saidu     John Obuh     Mohammed Alabi Lawal     MAI Akande     Ilorin Airport     Lola Ashiru     Elesie Of Esie     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Revenue Court    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Dairo Kunle Paul     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Esuwoye     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Galadima     Ijakadi     Unilorin     Shuaib Abdulkadir     COVID     Yahaya Dumoye     Moses Afolayan     Olusola Saraki     United Nigeria Airline     Ahmad Ali     Bamidele Aluko     Ilorin Like-Minds     Bilikisu Gambari     Wale Oladepo     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Hamza Usman     Issa Memunat Moyosore     Buhari     Budo Egba     Abdulkareem Alabi     Amasa     Garment Factory     Matthew Okedare     Jani Ibrahim     Taofik Mustapha     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Odo-Owa     Mahe Abdulkadir     Saraki     Kwara State Fire Service     IYA ALFA NLA     Abdulhakeem Amao     Akeem Lawal     Benin Republic     Ndakene     SWAN     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Roheemat Hammed     Babaloja-General     Daud Adeshola     Balikis Jawondo     Federal Road Maintenance Agency     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Moses Salami     Post Utme     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng     Kwara State Geographic Information Service     Share     Kisira     Shehu Jimoh     Bayo Ojo     Kwara State Governor     Bolaji Abdullahi     ITP     Asa LGEA School     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Oyelere Oyinloye     Talaka Parapo     Salihu S. Yaru     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Ahmad Lawan     Donatus Ejidike     Oba-Solagberu     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Najim Yaasin     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal