Less than three months to elections, Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed politicians into new governing councils for state-owned tertiary institutions and agencies, with the appointments taking effect from October 16.
The appointments cover eight tertiary institutions and nine other government bodies, including the Kwara State Polytechnic, International Aviation College, Ilorin, and International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College, Ajase-Ipo.
Former presidential candidate Gani Galadima will chair the governing council of IVTEC, while Adua Ismail Mustapha, Nigeria’s first professor of aviation law, will head the council of the International Aviation College, Ilorin.
Dr Ahmed Ameen Funsho will chair the Kwara State Scholarship Board, while Engineer Musa Yeketi will lead the Kwara State Polytechnic governing council.
The other appointments include Amudipe Christiana Titilayo as chairperson of the College of Nursing Sciences, Ilorin council; Gezinde Adedeji Amosa as chairman of the College of Education, Oro council; and Engineer Muhammadu Suno Gofe as chairman of the College of Education, Ilorin council.
Dr Afusat Ameen will chair the governing council of the College of Nursing Sciences, Oke-Ode, while Hajia Riskat Lawal will lead the Kwara State Agency for Mass Literacy council.
The Kwara State Primary Healthcare Board council will be chaired by Ayinmode Sunday Samuel, while Alhaji Muhammed Sakwa will lead the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency council.
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Hon Olasunkanmi Ereoye will chair the Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority council, while Engineer Sikirullah Abdulkareem Oladimeji will head the Kwara State Rural Electrification Board council.
Hon Memud Azeez Alonge will chair the Kwara State Social Investment Programme governing council, while Hon Abdulazeez Oluwanilo will lead the Kwara State Housing Corporation council.
Femi Aina will head the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency council, while Dr Laaro Oba Abdulkadir will chair the Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency council.
The other bodies covered by the appointments include the Kwara State Scholarship Board, Kwara State Agency for Mass Literacy, Kwara State Primary Healthcare Board, Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority, Kwara State Rural Electrification Board, Kwara State Social Investment Programme, Kwara State Housing Corporation, Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency and Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency.
The governor congratulated the appointees and urged them to justify the confidence placed in them by carrying out their duties diligently.
AbdulRazaq said the councils were expected to support efforts to improve education, advance human capital development and make Kwara a better place to live.
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