The Kwara State Governor, Mall AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday said infrastructure, enterprise and innovation are key to development.
The Governor, who spoke during the public presentation of the state of infrastructures and social amenities across the 16 local government areas of Kwara State by Kwara Development Trackers, said his strategy for a better Kwara included putting in place the necessary infrastructure to attract investment, such as massive rehabilitation of schools and health centres, engaging and training the necessary manpower, and making the state a hub for innovation and enterprise.
The Kwara Development Trackers Convener, Barrister Muritala Sambo said the compendium was put together to point up the infrastructural needs of the state.
“This is done with to provide the new government and the people of Kwara State with an encyclopaedic information of people’s needs and the state of development across the state,” he added, warning that the effort was not to rubbish anyone but to set the record straight and challenge the new government.
Ahmad Moyosore, who represented Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah as the guest speaker, said fixing the state requires the collaboration of all stakeholders like the government, civil society organisations, development partners, and philanthropists.
The event, which was attended by House of Assembly Speaker Yakubu Danladi Salihu, cabinet members, civil society organisations, scholars and community leaders, was organised by Kwara Development Trackers (KDT), a nonprofit platform of apolitical Kwarans who are driven by the need to urgently fix the huge infrastructure deficits in the state as captured in the compendium.
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