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  • Ahmed reiterates commitment to youth development

    Kwara State governor

    Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has reiterated his commitment to creating the enabling environment for the youths to discover their talents.

    Ahmed gave the assurance while receiving two indigenes of the state among the youth corps members that won Presidential National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Honours Award in 2011.

    Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, the governor urged the youths to emulate the good work of the recipients.
    He advised them to be diligent and hardworking in order to be successful, and warned them to shun violence and evil vices.
    He said that this was one of the ways by which our youths could contribute their quota to the development of the country.

    He praised the recipients, Messrs Afolayan Gabriel and Shittu Adewale, graduates of University of Ilorin, who served in Anambra and Ekiti States in 2009/2010 for being good ambassadors of the state.

    He urged them not to rest on their oars and pray to God to grant them more knowledge and understanding.
    The governor commended University of Ilorin for producing quality graduates who could compete favourably with others in the country.

    In their remarks, the recipients, Gabriel and Adewale, thanked the government for the honour done them, and gave assurance that they would continue to be good ambassadors of the state.

  • Traders pledge support for market development

    Hon Adepitan in a group photograph with sectional leaders of the market during a peace meeting at the council secretariat

    Traders in Mushin market have pledged to give maximum support to the development of the popular Mushin market if the construction works will be carried out in phrases. This assurance was given when the Mushin Local Government leadership held a consultative meeting with all the 33 sectional leaders in the market.

    According to their spokesperson, all the traders will love to see development in the market provided it will not bring hardship to them. They, therefore, appealed to the chairman of the council, Hon Olatunde Adepitan, to ensure that after the construction of the market, the current crop of traders would be considered first for allocation before the money bags deny the traders the opportunity to return to the shops.

    The traders also demanded for more time to enable them prepare for the new challenges while insisting that their leaders did not inform them of the previous meeting held with the local government in relation to the reconstruction of the market.
    Replying, Hon.Adepitan assured the traders that adequate arrangement had been made to mitigate any inconveniences as an alternative arrangement had been made to cushion the effects of the reconstruction exercise .

    He immediately directed the councillors to enact a bye-law that will enable the traders to operate without any inhibition around the streets in the area pending when the construction work would have been concluded.

    Adepitan said since the beginning of the year, he had directed the council officials to stop the collection of tolls from Mushin market, this was meant to prepare the traders for the eventual temporary relocation from their present state.

    He further explained that the representatives of the traders should constantly liaise with the contractor handling the job to ensure that the time frame for the completion of the job is met.

    Mr. Adefusika Adeojo, the Legal Adviser to Mushin Market traders advised the council authority to abide by all the terms of agreements concerning the comfort of the traders.

    The traders had protested the plan demolition of their market last week due to the short notice for them to vacate their shops. The chairman explained that they had close to a year to move their wares away having met with the market leader ship several times before the final notice was issued.