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  • AbdulRazaq congratulates Kwara’s 2022 national awardees

    AbdulRazaq congratulates Kwara’s 2022 national awardees

    Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has commended all of the 2022 national awards from the state for their great contributions in career, leadership and character to national growth.

    This is contained in a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, on Thursday in Ilorin.

    AbdulRazaq said: “At least 11 Kwarans made the list of honorees who received different national awards and the awards were conferred on them by President Muhammadu Buhari.

    “The awardees from Kwara are: former President of the Nigeria Court of Appeal Justice Ayo Salami; Chief Judge of Kwara State, Justice Sulyman Durosinlohun; retired Grand Khadi of the Kwara State Shariah Court of Appeal, Justice Idris Abdullahi Haroon; and the immediate past Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dr Boboye Oyeyemi.

    “Others are Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; renowned Neurosurgeon, Prof. Wale Suleiman; Grand Mufti of Ilorin, Sheikh Suleiman Onikijipa; Chief Imam of Fouad Lababidi Central Mosque, Abuja, Sheikh Muhammed Tajudeen; and foremost industrialist, Alhaji Kamoru Yusuf.

    “The late football legend, Rashidi Yekeen, and Chief Superintendent of Police, Benedict Ajide, would also be confered posthumously as MON.”

    The governor described the awardees as true patriots who have paid their dues in their various professions, saying the decision of the President to honour them aptly captured their services to the fatherland.

    “On behalf of the people and the government of our state, I felicitate these outstanding personalities who in their respective fields have etched their names in gold.

    “We similarly commend Mr President for finding these Kwarans worthy of the prestigious national honours,” the AbdulRazaq stated.

  • Investment in children, sure way to national growth – Peter Obi

    Investment in children, sure way to national growth – Peter Obi

    Former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential Candidate of the People Democratic Party in the 2019 general elections, His Excellency Mr. Peter Obi, has said that adequate investment in the lives of children is a sure way of bringing national development to Nigeria.

    Obi made this known through a Statement from his media office, signed by his Media Aide, Barr Valentine Obienyem, to mark this year’s children day that took place yesterday. He explained that every child is a bundle of potentials which when properly harnessed through adequate investment in education, can propel the country to an enviable height of national growth and development.

    Describing children as the hope of Nigeria’s future, Obi said any government that does not take their affairs seriously is planning doom for the generations to come. He expressed happiness that governments at different levels have embraced e-learning as an alternative to the closure of schools as a result of Coronavirus.

    He further explained that when children are well trained and educated, the nation would have less worrries on insecurities, violence and other societal vices plaguing a nation like Nigeria, as they would grow to become responsible individuals contributing positively to national development.

    “A nation that refuses to invest adequately in the training of their children and young ones will only reap violence, dearth of entrepreneurship and leadership, corruption and irresponsibility in the future. Children are the solid bedrock on which the future of every nation is built and thus must be given the best in terms of quality education, access to good health and moral support needed for their complete formation”, he said.

  • Nigerians need to sacrifice more to attain national growth, development – Buhari

    President Muhammadu Buhari has called on all citizens of the country, particularly the elites, to be prepared to make sacrifices as a foundation for national growth and development.

    Speaking at a meeting Sunday in Daura with Katsina Senior Citizens, President Buhari said that in the life of a country, there are occasions when citizens must forgo personal pleasures or pay the ultimate price for the progress and unity of the nation.

    ‘‘The Nigeria of our time is in need of sacrifices by all citizens to free it from corruption, poverty, crime and underdevelopment,’’ the president told members of the forum led by Gov. Aminu Masari of Katsina State.

    While commending members of the forum for complementing his administration’s efforts at national development, the president assured them that the security of lives, property and prosperity of all Nigerians will continue to receive priority attention.

    In his remarks, Governor Masari said the delegation was in the president’s country home to condole with him on the death of two members of his extended family.

    Mr. Masari also extended the forum’s commiseration with the president over the recent auto-accident involving his son, Yusuf, and thanked God Almighty for his survival and subsequent discharge from the hospital.

    The Emir of Daura, Umar Faruk, the Galadima of Katsina and a retired former president of Court of Appeal, Mamman Nasir, were among those who attended the meeting.

    Meanwhile, the Emir of Maradun in Zamfara, Garba Tambari, who also paid a condolence visit to the president pledged the unflinching support of the traditional institution to Federal government policies and programmes geared towards improving the welfare of Nigerians.