AbdulRazaq okays 6-month maternity leave, scholarship for Kwarans

The Chairman Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Kwara state governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, was Monday May 29, 2023 inaugurated for a second term with a promise to consolidate on the achievements of his first tenure.

The modest yet colourful inauguration lasted just 45 minutes, kicking off at exactly 8:10 a.m. following the arrival of the governor at 8a.m. 

Chief Judge of Kwara state, Justice Abiodun Adebara, administered the oath on the deputy governor and then the governor. 

The governor in his inaugural address announced a  multi-disciplinary scholarship scheme particularly for post graduates students, six- month optional maternity leave for female civil servants that might want to practice exclusive breast feeding in the state and a new housing scheme amongst others.

“We shall also leverage our contacts and goodwill with the federal government to ensure timely completion of ongoing federal roads and adequate funding for new ones. We will intensify our lobby of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the dredging of the River Niger. This will save our people from the annual flooding that claims lives and farmlands. It will also boost economic activities in its tributary states like Kwara,” he said.  

The council chamber was filled with the royal fathers, including the Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of the Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Dr. Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari who led all the first class monarchs to the event; security commanders, government officials, party leaders, diplomats, technocrats, Labour leaders, and private sector leaders. 

Source: Blueprint