Gov Abdulrazaq sacks DG bureau of lands in Kwara

Date: 2021-01-05

The Director-General of the Bureau of Lands, in Kwara State, Mr Bolaji Edun, has been removed.

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq removed the former DG on Monday and replaced him with Mr Abdullahi Bolakale Yusuf.

Responding to enquiries by DAILY POST, the spokesman of the governor, Rafiu Ajakaye said, "There is a cessation of the office of the DG Bureau of Lands in the state."

He explained that "Lands' is now a department under the recently signed Geographic Information Service, GIS, law.

"The GIS, now overseas land and related issues in the state," Ajakaye added.

Edun was appointed barely a year ago by the governor.

His removal is coming some hours after the governor dissolved his executive council.

Source

Recent Posts.

MHWUN Honours Kwara Health Commissioner for Advancing Healthcare Delivery

Kwara Government Rallies Stakeholders on Climate Change and Public Health

Kwara Firefighters Contain Tanke fire outbreak, Save Six Shops from Destruction

Kwara Assembly Reaffirms Support for Malaria Eradication, Healthcare Development

Police Arrest Suspected Cultist, Recover Locally Made Pistol in Ilorin

Kwara Polytechnic NAKSS Set to Unveil Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Solar Power Sit-Out

Court Adjourns Saraki, Ahmed's Offa Robbery Case to July 21 Over Recusal Application

Kwara CP Orders Probe into Murder of Farmer in Isin Community

NSCDC Arrests Two Over Alleged Theft, Vandalism of TCN Electrical Materials in Kwara

Kwara United Defender Abdulafeez Musa Joins Niger Tornadoes After Five Years

TESCOM Announces July 18th for the Conduct of 2026 CBT Promotion Examination

KWASU Research Teams Secure $43,913 UNESCO Grant, N83m National Research Funding

Over 700 Kwara Students Trained in AI, Robotics at STEM Africa Fest

Top Posts

NSCDC Kwara Smashes Inter-State Robbery Syndicate, Recovers Stolen Goods in Ibadan

NSCDC Arrests 21-Year-Old Over Murder of 60-Year-Old Technician in Ilorin

Kwara Police Arrest 4 Suspected Cultists, Including Alleged Eiye Leader, in Security Crackdown

Kwara Govt Files Criminal Defamation Suit Against Saraki Over Alleged False Claims

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq Elected President of Forum of African Regions

40 Years After: GSS Malete Class of 1986 Reunites in Ilorin, Tasks Alumni on Giving Back

Offa-Born Professor Abiodun Lukman Azeez Appointed Professor of Neurosurgery at University of Utah

Former Kwara Deputy Speaker, Chief Ayeni, Dies in Fatal Accident

Meet 38-Year-Old Lukman Abdulrauf, University of Ilorin's Youngest Professor

Kwara Government Opens Free Online Registration for 2026 JSS Placement Examination

Kaiama Grammar School, FG Girls College Win Top Prizes at 9th NCDMB/NTA Science Quiz

KWASU Launches Centre for Gender Studies to Promote Equity, Digital Inclusion

UNILORIN Student Yusuf Eleburuke Elected New NANS JCC Chairman in Kwara

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Kamaldeen Gambari Harafat E. Mukadam UNILORIN Alumni Muazam Nayaya Malete Sanusi Abubakar Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir April 11 Rebecca Bake Vasolar Aremu Odolaye Wahab Olasupo Egbewole Najim Yaasin Jamila Bio Ibrahim Neo Mundo Ltd Mustapha AbdulGaniyu Adama Isa Mutawalle Al-Hikmah University Tsaragi Afolasade Opeyemi Kemi Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa Abdullahi Biffo Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak Ajakaye Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists Bareke Ramadhan Tsaragi-Share Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan LABTOP Ilorin East Mohammed Ghali Alaaya Nigeria Governors\' Forum Taofeek Ibraheem Omoniyi Haliru Yahaya Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez General Hospital, Offa Olokoba March 28 Ayekale Saka Abimbola Isau COVID Babatunde Idiagbon Raliat AbdulRazaq Aliyu Muyideen Musa Aibinu Oke-Kura Kwara University Of Education Mansur Alfanla Turaki MATTA Girls Foundation Mansurat Amuda-Kannike Katibi Ibraheem Adeola James Ayeni Saliu Alamoyo Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited Sarah Alade Agbarere Veterinary Teaching Hospital Imam Gambari Adijat Adebiyi Ahman Pategi University Abubakar Suleiman Kayode Yusuf Shuaibu Yaman Oni Adebayo Pategi Olaoye B. Felix Moshood Bakare Aliyu U. Tilde Salihu Alhaji Musa NIPOGA Babaloja-General KwaraLearn