Kwara: N1.4bn approved for Ilorin Smart City

A N1.4bn has been approved as a take-off grant for the construction of Ilorin Smart City by the Kwara State Executive Council

The Informant247 gathered that the council also awarded contracts for the rehabilitation of some rural roads in both the Central and South Senatorial Districts of the state.

According to a statement on Thursday by Mrs Bolanle Olukoju, the state Commissioner for Communications, the decisions were taken on Wednesday at the State Executive Council.

“Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s extensive urban renewal campaign and opening up of the agrarian Kwara hinterlands continue as the State Executive Council again approved several road projects in different parts of the state — a few days after the government rolled out 84.7km rural road projects.

“The council awarded consultancy work for feasibility studies and development of a technical blueprint for the implementation of the 18,000-hectare Ilorin Smart City at the cost of N1.4bn,” the commissioner said.