Ilorin's N500m Pavilion Project at Risk Due to APC Leadership Dispute

Date: 2025-05-09

Ilorin Emirate risks losing a N500 million federal pavilion project as the 2024 fiscal year's deadline in June 2025 approaches, Just Event Online TV has reported.

The stalled project, secured through the 2024 Appropriation Act by Senator Saliu Mustapha, has been delayed due to a political impasse between Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the senator, both members of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

On Tuesday, Alhaji Ibrahim Zubair Dan Maigoro, the governor's Senior Special Assistant on Religious Matters (Islamic Affairs), addressed the dispute during a radio interview. The following day, Senator Mustapha's aide, Barrister Abdulkareem Alabi, also spoke on air to clarify the project's status and the senator's involvement.

Barrister Alabi revealed that the Emir of Ilorin, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, personally submitted the pavilion's architectural plans to the Kwara State Geographic Information Service (KW-GIS) for approval on 3 March 2025.

Over 60 days later, there has reportedly been no official response from the state government-raising concerns about a deliberate attempt to derail the initiative.

Sources close to the project warn that if the stalemate continues, the funds could be forfeited in line with the Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2007. Section 29(1) of the Act mandates that all unspent budget allocations must revert to the Consolidated Revenue Fund by the end of the fiscal year, while Section 38(a) bars the rollover of unused capital funds.

Originally intended as a permanent venue for the annual Ilorin Durbar festival to eliminate recurring tent rental costs, the pavilion's construction has yet to commence amid disputes over documentation and state-level approvals.

All efforts to obtain reaction from KW-GIS and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development were unsuccessful at the time of filing this report.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Christian Association Of Nigeria     Fatimat Saliu     EFCC     3MTT     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Adegoke Bamidele     Haliru Yahaya     Bashirat Bola Bello     Ronke Adeyemi     John Olobayo     Olugbense     Hydro-electric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Deji Ajani     Femi Gbajabiamila     Zara Umar     Fatai Olodo     Ndama Al-hassan     Kwara State Television (KWTV)     Quareeb Islamic Association     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Lotus Bank     Kwara United     AGF Abdulrazaq     NNPP     Issa Oloruntogun     Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria     Muhammad Yahya     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Oniye     Maimunat Oniyangi     Shagari     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Oke-Oyi     Odo-Owa     Temitope Ogunbanke     Idofin     N-Power     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Yusuf Arowosaye     Joseph Offorjama     Owu Fall     Mujtabah Bature     Goodluck Jonathan     SARS     Onikijipa     Amada Jidda     Shade Omoniyi     Iliasu     Abdulraheem Olesin     Ayo Opadokun     Ibrahim Abdulqadir Abikan     Gani Saadu     Olohungbebe     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Magaji Erubu     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Toyin Falola     TETFUND     Innocent Okoye     Habeeb Saidu     Kwasu     Roheemat Hammed     March 28     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Kabir Shagaya     TVC Female National Debate     Kehinde Baale     Aliyu Sabi     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     Kazeem Gbolagade     Rasaq Jimoh     Tunde Yusuf     Ojo Fadumila     Jumoke Gafar    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Owo Isowo     Elerin Of Adanla     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Kwara TV     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     Elerin Of Adanla Irese     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Iyabo Adewuyi     Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     Bio Ibrahim     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     Alaro     Kayode Yusuf     Abioye Bello     YAKOOYO     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Village Alive Development Association     KWASEIC     Dan-Kazeem     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Ilorin General Hospital     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     BIR     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Bayer Nigeria Limited     Mohammed Abduraheem     Ubandawaki     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Gambari     Tafidan Kaiama     Yahaya Dumoye     Tunde Oyawoye     Olatunde Michaels     Marafan Shonga     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Flights To Ilorin     Rebecca Bake     Tsado Manman     Ayinde Oki     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Galland Marcias     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Amosa     Zara Umar     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Oko     Surajudeen Akanbi     The Herald     Abubakar Baba     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Olam Food Ingredients     AbdulRauf Keji     Kale Belgore     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Amoyo     Memunat Monsuma     Facemasks     Erubu Oba Zubair     Democracy Day     Shehu Salau     Okeose Christian Cementary     Adebayo Mohammed Kamaldeen     Elese Of Igbaja     Hamidu Olowo     Kola Adesina     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Otunba Taiwo Joseph     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     National Democratic Congress     ER-KANG Mining     Lanre Aremu