Governor Ahmed Dedicates Vanguard Award To Kwara Women And Children

Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed says his administration has placed Kwara State on a strong and sustainable platform through targeted reforms and people-centered policies.

Speaking while receiving the award of the Governor of the Year 2018 by Vanguard Newspaper from Gen Ike Nwachukwu, former Foreign Affairs Minister at the event which held in Lagos over the weekend, Governor Ahmed who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr. Muyideen Akorede said his administration has always prioritized women and children having recognized them as a major component of the population

Reacting to his emergence as Vanguard Newspaper Governor of the Year 2018, Alhaji Ahmed dedicated the award to the women and children of Kwara State.

 According to him, his administration has achieved the feat through revenue reforms at the Kwara State Internal Revenue (KWIRS) that have not only enabled funding of major infrastructure but have also placed the state in a position to meet basic obligations from internal revenue on a sustainable basis.

He stated further that his administration has also strengthened public confidence in governance by completing inherited projects, ground-breaking and completing new ones, including several that are also currently ongoing across the state and are funded through the innovative Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund.

He pointed to KWIRS’ emergence as the only state revenue agency in Nigeria to achieve ISO certification while growing the state’s internal revenue as further evidence that the administration was on the right path in overhauling its internal revenue process. 

Furthermore, Ahmed said his administration's policies in health, SME funding and functional education have provided Kwarans with the opportunity to economically empower themselves and their families while ensuring their well-being.

 “Our programmes emphasis on health and education and has translated into Kwara State having the lowest infant mortality rate in Nigeria, among other strides.’ He said.