Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has forwarded a bill highlighting his various initiatives to drive economic growth, counter poverty, and ensure equitable distribution of resources in the state, to the State House of Assembly to give legal teeth to it.
The bill, when passed, will establish the Kwara State Social Investment Programme which will be charged with the responsibility of tackling poverty, ensuring equitable distribution of resources and economic growth.
A statement signed by Rafiu Ajakaye, Chief Press Secretary to the governor on Thursday, explained that, “Mr Governor’s plan is to ensure that his various interventions to tackle poverty and make living a lot more meaningful for our people are formalised and institutionalised. It is a social security plan that benefits everyone, regardless of their affiliations.”
The statement said such programmes would outlive the administration and guide against people, especially the aged, falling into destitution or depending on any individual politician to access whatever support the state could offer them. Read more
