Don’t Succumb to Intimidation By Stepping Down as Senate President – Kwara Youths Charge Saraki

 

 

A group known as the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has charged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki not to succumb to any form intimidation by stepping down from his position.

Chairman of the group, Comrade Shehu Usman in a statement issued in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital yesterday alleged that Saraki’s trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, was politically motivated by his opponents who were envious of his rising profile.

Stop Borrowing, Recover Loot – LP Lambasts Ahmed Over Proposed N20b Loan 

 

 

The Kwara State chapter of the Labour Party, LP, has criticized Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed administration’s plan to access fresh N20 billion bond from the capital market.

The party made its position known in a letter addressed to the Speaker of the Kwara State House of Assembly, which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin on Tuesday.

The letter, dated December 28, 2015, was signed by the state Chairman of the party, Johnson Babalola, and Secretary, Abdulkareem Onagun.

It said the letter was the party’s contribution to the public hearing on the plan of the government to access N20 billion from the capital market.

reports that the state assembly had scheduled a public hearing on the plan for December 18, but later changed the meeting to December 19 for an interactive session with the governor.

Kwara Has Lowest HIV Cases in Nigeria - NACA

National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), says Kwara is one of the states with lowest rate of HIV infection in the country. NACA Chief Program Officer, Mr Tajudeen Arowolo stated this at the opening of Four-day Free Medical Outreach organised by the agency at Oja Tuntun, Boboko in Ilorin on Sunday.

Arowolo said that North Central geo political zone of the country was reputed to be the most endemic with the highest number of recorded cases of HIV. "This is because of the high cases recorded in Benue, Plateau and Nasarawa states as well as the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). "Out of the states in North Central, Kwara has the lowest rate of HIV cases and one of the lowest in the entire country", Arowolo said.