KWARA FOCUS

14/12/2022

Kwara PDP Gubernatorial Candidate Reels Out Plans For Civil Servants

By Tunde Akanbi, Ilorin

The Gubernatorial Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in Kwara State, Alhaji Abdullahi Yaman says he would focus on revitalizing the state civil service by restoring the hopes and aspirations of career officers whose promotions have been largely politicised if vote for.

The gubernatorial candidate also promised to be the governor for the enhancement of the service base promotion scheme, the promotion of enabling environment and for the conduct of service operations.

According to him, he would be the governor to ensure that appointments and deployments are based on competence, skills, knowledge, training, speciality, and continuous training and retraining of staff.

Yaman assured that civil servants would be allowed to play their statutory roles as policy drivers.

“I have the vision to raise the bar of our collective achievements as a state with our civil service. I have the vision to raise the bar for their performance and contribution to the positive story of our state. I have the vision to motivate our civil servants to become what our celebrated civil servants of old were: celebrities in their rights” he stated.

Yaman said to achieve these, his administration if voted for, shall be truthful and plain in their dealings with civil servants, shall not deceive them and shall not promise them what they cannot achieve.

The gubernatorial candidate who said a prosperous Kwara was possible, explained further that his administration’s concern for civil servants shall also be extended to the pensioners while concerted efforts shall be made not only to pay their pensions but also to bring them to par with the existing minimum wage.

According to him , everything shall be done to pay arrears of their gratuity within the shortest time possible, while his administration shall invest in and evolve a pre-retirement training program to ensure they leave a meaningful l

13/12/2022

2023 Unified List: Kwara PDP names 547 members for Presidential, Guber Campaign Council

…Gender, Youths, New members, Party faithful get fair representation

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kwara on Wednesday released Five hundred and forty-seven (547) names forming the Presidential and Gubernatorial campaign council tagged ‘Unified List’.

14/10/2022

The two Journalist accused of defaming Kwara State Government CPS, are now remanded in Nigeria Correctional Centre, Mandala, Ilorin.

07/09/2022

2023: INEC AD-HOC STAFF RECRUITMENT

INEC to open portal for Adhoc Staff Recruitment on Wednesday 14th September by 8:00am and close Wednesday 14th December 2022 by 8:00pm.

Application open to all qualified adult citizens of Nigeria.

13/01/2022

KWARA IS OUR PROJECT ❤️

18/01/2021

KWARA APC RECONCILIATION MEETING: GOVERNOR ABUBAKAR SANI BELLO IN ATTENDANCE

Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central Governors Forum NCGF Abubakar Sani Bello who is also a member of the All Progressives Congress APC National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee is part of a reconciliation meeting holding at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja.

The meeting which is at the instance of the National Committee of the Party is aimed at resolving all the internal crisis that has engulfed the State Chapter which led to the suspension of the State Chairman of the Party.

The meeting is also believed will facilitate understanding by all parties involved to see reasons to embrace peace, tolerance, and forgiveness which will ultimately bring about the desired objective.

The reconciliation meeting is being chaired by the APC National Secretary, Sen. John James Akpanudoedehe, with other members of the National Committee, all the critical Stakeholders of the Kwara State Chapter of the Party.

Recall that the APC National Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee was set up last year to oversee the activities of the Party and ensure all members are united.

Mary Noel Berje
Chief Press Secretary to the
Governor of Niger state.

05/01/2021

Breaking News

1,354 new cases of Covid-19 in Nigeria, as Kwara recorded 81 fresh cases

Lagos-712
FCT-145
Plateau-117
Kwara-81
Kaduna-54
Sokoto-39
Oyo-38
Rivers-37
Gombe-21
Enugu-20
Akwa Ibom-16
Bauchi-14
Delta-14
Ebonyi-13
Anambra-9
Taraba-8
Edo-8
Kano-3
Osun-2
Ekiti-2
Ogun-1

92,705 confirmed
76,396 discharged
1,319 deaths

31/12/2020

Kwara advertises placements for 4,701 teachers

•Application portal opens Jan 3
•Pledges fair, thorough process


Kwara State Government has advertised vacancies for 2,701 teachers in its basic schools across specific subjects, saying applicants must have Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) and at least five O’ Level Credit passes in Mathematics, English, and three other relevant subjects in not more than two sittings.

The vacancies, published in the Nigerian Tribune of Thursday December 31, 2020 and timed for publication in the Herald of Friday January 1, 2021, come a few days after the government nullified a controversial enrolment process which affected 2,414 persons in the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).

The government has also advertised placements for 2,000 teachers in some specific subjects in the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) based on needs-assessment conducted in the commission.

Applicants for the TESCOM jobs must have bachelor’s degrees in relevant subjects and teaching qualification in strict compliance with the National Policy of Education and Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN). Applicants must also have at least five O' level credit passes at not more than two sittings, including Mathematics and English language.

Once armed with PGD in Education, holders of Higher National Diploma (HND) in relevant subject areas may also apply for the TESCOM jobs.

Application portal for SUBEB jobs (https//subeb.kw.gov.ng) will be activated on Sunday January 3rd and will end midnight Saturday 16th, 2021, followed by written examinations on Monday January 25th, 2021 at 10 a.m. and oral interview from Monday 1st February to Saturday 6th February 2021.

For TESCOM, application portal ( https//tescom.kw.gov.ng ) will go live from Sunday 3rd January and would run for two weeks, followed by qualifying examinations on January 25, 2021 and oral interview from Monday 8th February, 2021 to Saturday 13th February, 2021

While applicants for SUBEB jobs should not be younger than 22 years' old, those seeking the TESCOM slots should not be older than 35 years’ old.

Venues of the examinations and oral interviews will be communicated to the applicants at a later date.

The government said the job placements are open to all qualified persons and that only the best candidates will emerge from the process that is designed to throw up teachers with the right qualifications and competence to build generations of Kwarans to compete anywhere in the world.

Yakub Ali-Agan
Press Secretary
Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development
December 31, 2020.

16/12/2020

Application is now open for the second cohort of Bolaji Abdullahi mentorship programme.
Applicants must be young Nigerians between the ages of 18 to 35 from any part of the world.
Applicants are to send a one-page statement of intent and attached CV to [email protected]

The one-page statement of intent should be in PDF format.

08/12/2020

Former Kwara State governor Abdulfatah Ahmed response to his EFCC invitation.

"I was at the Ilorin Zonal office of EFCC on invitation. During the session, I clarified specific budgeted transactions and board-approved decisions of a government body while I was Governor. No allegation of fraud was made against me. I have since returned home".

~Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed
Former Governor, Kwara State