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Kaiama Shea Butter Factory: Abolore Reaffirms AbdulRazaq’s Rural Industrial Push

Editor May 10, 2025

As part of efforts to reinforce the AbdulRazaq-led administration’s commitment to rural industrialization and value chain development, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Afees Abolore Alabi, has visited the construction site of...

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Kwara govt debunks false claim on Malete ranch project

Editor February 12, 2025

The Kwara State Government did not spend a kobo on any ranch project between 2022 and 2023, as was erroneously claimed by Sahara Reporters. The only related expenditure in the said years was N29,000,000...

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Youth Farm: Kwara Govt cultivating over 3,000 hectares for soya bean

Editor July 31, 2024

• as Govt provides seedlings, fertilisers, other farm inputs to 10,000 farmers Food security remains a top priority for the Kwara government as billions of naira are invested in different agricultural initiatives this year,...

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KWSG to access $700m World Bank AcreSal grant

Freshinsight June 14, 2024

By Abdulrasheed Akogun The Kwara State government has perfected plans to access a World Bank worth $700m grant under the AGRO-CLIMATE RESILIENCE IN SEMI-ARID LANDSCAPES (ACRESAL). This much was disclosed by...

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EXPOSED: AbdulRazaq’s government to sell multimillion Naira worth Kwara asset at #400k

Editor July 21, 2022

…Bulldozer, combine harvester to be sold for less than #1m By Ibrahim Sheriff The AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq led Kwara state government has toed the path of the previous government of Kwara state it alleged of...

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Small Holders Women Farmers in Kwara Seeks Access to Easy Credit Facilities

Editor March 25, 2022

…recommends specific budgetary allocation for smallholder women farmers in subsequent budget. By Dare Akogun Small holders women farmers in Kwara State have requested that the state government should grant them access to cheap and...

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Ipata: More than #20m lost to inferno, as traders count losses

Freshinsight June 6, 2021

By Abdulrasheed Akogun Traders at the popular Ipata market Ilorin have continued to count their loses, over the Thursday night inferno that gutted part of the market, leading to loss of goods and...

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Gov. Abdulrazaq commends NSPRI over impact on host communities

Freshinsight April 29, 2021

The Nigerian Stored Products Research Institute (NSPRI) Ilorin has received applauds for impacting meaningfully on its immediate environment through it’s proven technologies. The Technical Assistant (Agriculture) to the Kwara State Governor, MR. Abdul Qawiy...

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Gbenga Power foundation Empowers Kwara Communities

Freshinsight January 8, 2021

A public-spirited Kwaran, Hon. Gbenga Oyekunle Power, the Founder/CEO of Gbenga Power Foundation, has demonstrated once again his usual support, love and empathy for his people by distributing food items and agricultural equipment to...

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Kwara Health Commissioner doles out #2m empowerment for Ekiti youth farmers

Freshinsight December 26, 2020

By Bisi Oyelere The Kwara State commissioner for health, Dr. Raji Razaq today empower selected youths of Ekiti local government origin with farm implements and insecticides worth #2m. Razaq while speaking on the rationale...