Kwara state government through the state Fire Service has saved property worth over N17 billion from inferno between June and September 2024.
Giving score card of the state’s Works ministry during the inter ministerial press briefing in Ilorin on Wednesday, Commissioner for Works, Abdulqowiyy Olododo, said that property worth N817million was lost in fire incidents within the period in some parts of the state.
The commissioner, who was represented at the event by director, Civil Engineering, Engineer Moshood Akanbi, said that many lives were saved by the personnel of the Fire Service during the period, adding that only one live was lost to fire.
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He also said that fire fighting equipment were purchased during the period under review for better services.
In her opening remarks at the inter-ministerial press briefing, the state Commissioner for Communications, Bolanle Olukoju, declared that the inter ministerial press briefing is part of citizens engagement by the Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq administration.
Olukoju said her ministry through the interface with the media intended to keep the citizens informed about activities of government on regular basis, towards making people have better understanding of such activities.
She said that the state government would continue to entrench a culture of transparency and accountability in governance, adding that debt profile of the state is going down.
Also, the state Commissioner for Environment, Hajia Nafisat Musa Buge, said that about 100 persons have been arraigned before designated courts for violating environmental laws.
The commissioner, who said that the move became imperative to ensure a clean environment across parts of the state, added that the state government has involved security agencies in the war against environmental challenges in the state.
She also said that the state government has provided about 50 roro bins in parts of the state, especially, in the Ilorin metropolis, adding that, “this move has changed narrative of indiscriminate dumping of wastes in public places.
Hajia Musa-Buge also called on the people still residing near river banks to move upland to avoid harsh effects of the ongoing climatic change in the state, especially, the issue of flooding.
