Governor insists on people’s needs as Kwara reviews budget

KState Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has insisted that the state’s budget must address the people’s needs.

He directed top civil servants yesterday to meet him at the state’s school of special needs for the review of their budgets.

The governor said he purposely scheduled the meeting at the school to let the

government functionaries appreciate the need to allocate resources to directly benefit the downtrodden in the society.

The governor had earlier visited the school few weeks back to listen to the teachers and inspect facilities, apologising to the children and promising to quickly attend to their needs.

“Work has started, in line with our mantra. I am sorry to drag you here; it is symbolic. This is necessary for you to understand that there are other people who have needs that we should meet. I want (the budget) to be more inclusive, going forward,” he told the civil servants at the mid-year budget review session in Apata Yakuba suburb of Ilorin.

Head of Service (HOS), Mrs. Susan Oluwole; chairman of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS), permanent secretaries, directors and heads of various government departments and parastatals attended the meeting.

Abdulrazaq told the bureaucrats that bringing them to the school was to ensure that budgets were made to reflect the condition of the people, and not to show executive powers.

Director, Family Development, Apostolic Faith Church, Rev. Emmanuel Moh ( left); Director, Welfare and Administration, Rev. James Olaleye and District Superintendent, Apostolic Faith Church, West and Central Africa ( WECA), Rev. Emmanuel Adebayo Adeniran, during a press briefing on the forthcoming yearly camp meeting of the church in Lagos… yesterday. PHOTO: FEMI ADEBESIN-KUTI