Day: September 8, 2020

My love for music and dance is not quantifiable — Ekiti Commissioner

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Ekiti state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism,Prof. Rasak Bakare,has said his love for music and dance know no bounds. Bakare stated this on Tuesday in Lagos during a visit to the Chairman of Evergreen Musical Company, Femi Esho, Africa’s largest collector of Highlife music. “My love for music and dance is not quantifiable, I started my romance with the art at the age of 17 when I premiered in late Hubert Ogunde’s play “Aropin N Teniyan.” “Our country has a lot of tourism potential and music is an integral part…

Gov AbdulRazaq appoints Babatunde as Secretary ,Kwara TESCOM

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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the appointment of Alhaji AbdulRahaman Ameen Babatunde as the new Secretary of the Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM). Babatunde was prior to his appointment a Director in the Kwara State Civil Service. According to a statement late Tuesday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye,the appointment is with immediate effect

Gov AbdulRazaq chairs National Steering committee on sustainable Agric

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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been announced as the chairperson of the National Project Steering and Deployment Committee (NPSDC) for innovative strengthening of smallholder farmers capabilities in Nigeria. According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye. The committee’s mandate included strengthening smallholder farmers’ capabilities towards productive land restoration amid COVID-19 in Nigeria, It Seeks to build resilient communities and ensuring food security, the statement added. The setting up of the committee came amid the growing stature of AbdulRazaq owing largely to his commitments…

Kwara appoints new Directors for KW-IRS

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The Kwara State Government has announced the appointment of Omolara Mulikat Ojulari and Olatunji Ahmed Balogun as new full-fledged Directors for the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS). The appointment takes effect immediately. Omolara Mulikat Ojulari is a seasoned Revenue Administrator. She holds B.Sc. in Actuarial Science at the University of Lagos and M.Sc. Accounting and Finance at the London Southbank University, United Kingdom. She is an Associate of Chartered and Certified Accountants (England and Wales), Associate Member, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and Associate member, Chartered Institute…

Rep Garba Datti calls for legislation on animal welfare,environmental conservation

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The Chairman,House Committee on Port and Harbour,Hon.Garba Muhammad Datti,has called for proper legislation that will enhance the animal welfare,wildlife,environmental conservation and sustainable development in Nigeria, Africa and across the globe.   Speaking at the 4th Africa Animal Welfare Conference:Action 2020 Virtual Conference held Monday, 7th September, 2020, Datti who had sponsored a bill prohibiting the killing of donkeys and donkey skin trade, said treatment of animals in Africa was quite different from global best practice as obtainable in other parts of the world. Read his keynote address in full :…