2024 Budget: Kwara Assembly passes N293bn

The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed into law the 2024 Appropriation Bill of N292,741,292,132.30 presented to the legislature by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq. The governor had, on December 14, 2023, presented a budget of N296,457,875,578, with the House passing it after a downward review of N3,716,583,446 representing a 1.5 per cent decrease in the …

Stakeholders raised concern over Kwara State Hotel and Occupancy Bill

Stakeholders in hospitality business in Kwara State have unanimously raised serious issues with the State Hotel Occupancy and Restaurant Consumption Bill 2017, saying that the proposed law amount to double taxation. The Stakeholders gave this indication in Ilorin, during a Public hearing, organised by the State House of Assembly on the bill, pending before it. …

Breaking: Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, Reelected Speaker

…as 10th Kwara State House of Assembly gets inaugurated. The 9th Assembly Speaker, Hon. Danladi Salihu has been re-elected as speaker of the 10th house of assembly by the members of the house. This makes him the Speaker of this historic House of Assembly. Elected by the Members of the Assembly, the speaker’s statutory duty …

Danladi: A Year of Probity, Service and pan-Kwaranism

On the 11th of June, 2019, Kwara state is among four of the thirty-six (36) States of the Federation to make striking history, one that reposes confidence in the quality leadership capability of the Nigerian youth, to not only revamp our lost glory as a Nation, but equally lead socioeconomic and political development course that …

Kwara Speaker Commends Gov. Abdulrazaq over donation to windstorm ravaged Baruten Community, fight against COVID-19

…enjoins members to help constituents cushion COVID-19 induced hardship. The Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi has commended the Kwara state Governor, Mallam Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for his unrivaled empathy and commitment to humanitarian services. Danladi said this while taking delivery of 400 bundles of roofing sheets on behalf of the …

Kwara Assembly Speaker, Members, political office holders leads LG employees screening

The Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi, Honorable members and appointed political office holders in the state led the screening exercise of Kwara state Teaching Service Commission (TSC), Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Local Governments’ staff in their respective local governments.The screening, which is aimed at blocking financial leakages …

Patigi Bye-election: Kwara Speaker Congratulates Rufai

The Speaker, Kwara state House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi has congratulated the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate in the March 14th Patigi State Assembly bye election, Ahmed Rufai Adam, who was declared winner in the election.Adam-Rufai defeated his closest rival, Mohammed Saliu of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, with a wide margin …

PUBLIC ADVISORY

Our attention has been drawn to a frivolous writeup circulating on the social media, insinuating a commissioner is lobbying the Hon. Speaker of Kwara State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Salihu Yakubu Danladi through His Excellency, the Deputy Governor Mr. Kayode Alabi over purported procurement of exotic jeeps.We wish to state that such conjecture is …

Buhari to consider Executive order for State legislature financial autonomy, as Danladi, other Speakers meets President

President Muhammadu Buhari has requested Conference of State Assembly Speakers to foorward a formal requesting his office to issue an Executive Order mandating the Accountant General of the Federation to deduct allocations for the State Legislature and State Judiciary from source during the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee meeting  for appropriate action of any State of …