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Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed Sets Up Visitation Panels For COED, Oro & CAILS

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The Kwara State governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed has approved the constitution of visitation panels for the College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), Ilorin and the College of Education,(COE) Oro.

According to a statement issued in Ilorin on Wednesday by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Isiaka Gold, the panels are to among other functions assess the operational practices of the institutions, examine the management of their finances in relation to available resources as well as assess the relevance of courses offered by both schools.

Alhaji Gold said the Visitation Panel to College of Education, Oro is also to appraise previous governments decisions with a view to determining the level of compliance. It will also examine the institution’s academic programmes and identify key areas of comparative advantage and ways to reinforce them as areas of specialties.

For CAILS, the panel is expected to examine the performance and contributions of the school to the development and advancement of Arabic and Islamic Legal education in particular and higher education in general as well as assess the College’s organisational structure with a view to determining its management quality.

Prof. K.S. Adeyemi is to head the Visitation Panel for COE, Oro, while Alh. O. O Yusuf is to serve as the Secretary. Other members are Alh. Salihu Arowolo; Mr. G. I Olawale; Barr. (Mrs) O. T Olubiyi and Mr. G. Y Jimoh.

The Visitation Panel for CAILS has Prof. Mohammed O. Ibrahim as the Chairman and Alh. Toyin Lawal Ahmed as Secretary. Other members are Dr. Ibrahim Abdulkadir Abikan; Alh. M. A Shehu, Barr. A. M Bello and Alh. Yusuf Bamigboye. The two panels have three weeks to submit their reports.

Ahmed Presents 2016 Budget To Kwara Assembly

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The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has presented a budget estimate of 116,164, 043,000 naira to the state House of Assembly for the 2016 fiscal year.

 
The estimate is a decrease of over 1.5 billion naira over the 2015 revised appropriation which represents 1.3% decrease.
Out of the estimate, the budget is made up of recurrent expenditure of over 48 billion, over 10 billion naira for the public debt service while over 57 billion is earmarked for capital expenditure.

 
Tagged the budget of sustained expansion, the State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, who laid the budget before the state lawmakers, said that the budget proposal was based on zero-budgeting approach for ministries, departments and agencies to justify all their expenditure needs in line with the prevailing economic situation in the country.

 
According to him, the total projected revenue estimate from all available sources to the state for 2016 fiscal year is over 116 billion naira.

 
Governor Ahmed also said that the 2016 Kwara budget holds great opportunity for the state and country, despite the challenges ahead.

 
He called on residents of the state to continue to cooperate with the government in its effort to elevate the state and contribute their quota to the development of the state.