Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, has approved the appointment of governing councils for eight state-owned tertiary institutions and nine other government agencies to strengthen professionalism and improve service delivery.
The appointments cover institutions and agencies responsible for education, healthcare, infrastructure, social investment and other public services.
In a statement signed by Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola, Deputy Chief Press Secretary, the affected institutions include: the Kwara State Scholarship Board; International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), Ajase-Ipo; Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin; International Aviation College, Ilorin; College of Nursing Sciences, Ilorin; College of Education, Oro; College of Education, Ilorin; College of Nursing Sciences, Oke-Ode; and Kwara State Agency for Mass Literacy.
Other agencies covered are the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Board; Kwara State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency (RUWASSA); Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority (KWARTMA); Kwara State Rural Electrification Board; Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP); Kwara State Housing Corporation; Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA); and Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency (KWASAA).
Former presidential candidate, Gani Galadima, will chair the governing council of IVTEC, Ajase-Ipo, while Ahmed Ameen Funsho will head the 17-member Kwara State Scholarship Board.
Musa Yeketi has been appointed chairman of the Kwara State Polytechnic governing council, while Adua Ismail Mustapha, Nigeria’s first Professor of Aviation Law, will chair the council of the International Aviation College, Ilorin. Both councils have six members each.
Amudipe Christiana Titilayo will chair the governing council of the College of Nursing Sciences, Ilorin, while Gezinde Adedeji Amosa and Engineer Muhammadu Suno Gofe will head the councils of the Colleges of Education in Oro and Ilorin, respectively. Each of the councils comprises six members.
