KWSG procures additional aircraft
13th January, 2013.
PRESS STATEMENT
The Kwara State Government is to enhance the fleet of its International Aviation College with the procurement of additional 10 to 15 aircraft in the next 3 months for the training of commercial pilots.
The State Governor, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed who disclosed this in Ilorin during a media chat, added that this was part of the Medium Term Strategy of his administration to promote socio-economic development in the State and create high and medium levels well trained manpower. According to Governor Ahmed, the additional aircraft would enhance the capacity of the College to “a level where its impact would be felt in the state".
Dr. Ahmed recalled that his administration’s Medium Term Strategy had ensured the completion of the Advanced Medical Diagnostic Centre in Ilorin in recognition that proper diagnosis is a precondition for effective medical treatment. The centre, the Governor noted “boosts of modern sophisticated equipment such as MRI, CT scan, Fluoroscopy and state-of-the-art laboratories in such areas as Pathology, Microbiology and Hematology.
Governor Ahmed explained that his administration’s Shared Prosperity Programme brought about the rehabilitation of about 15 water works, adding that the Ilorin water reticulation project would be completed this year with the attendant improved water supply in Ilorin metropolis.
According to governor Ahmed, about 179 rural communities now enjoy electricity supply through the electrification programme of the State Government.
Governor Ahmed said his administration was expanding its revenue generation potentials to finance its various developmental programmes through the promotion of commercial agriculture and other investment drive. “We need to grow commercial agriculture, we need to get money to generate activities that would become taxable. So we are at the implementation stages of these programmes, but the impact would not be felt until after about two or three years because part of the incentives you give to prospective investors is tax holiday”, he added.
Dr. Ahmed listed some of the federal government roads in the State requiring urgent attention as Kaima-Kishi road, Ajasse-Ipo-Erin-Ile-Osun State Boundary road, Omu-Aran-Kabba road, adding that discussions on the repair of federal roads in the state are ongoing with the federal authorities.
He said it was important that the federal government gives an assurance that money spent on the rehabilitation of federal roads would be reimbursed so as not to tie down other developmental projects of his administration.
Abdulwahab Oba
Chief Press Secretary
to the Kwara State Governor
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Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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