Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s agenda to build a new economy in Kwara State got a major boost over the weekend as the State Executive Council approved the construction of an information Communication Technology (ICT) innovation hub and Ilorin Visual Arts Centre, among other projects.
The approvals were given at the virtual SEC meeting at which cabinet members thoroughly debated and then approved the proposals for the innovation hub, the visual art centre, and the upgrade of the (inherited) 32kilometre Ilesha Baruba Gwanara Road to asphalt overlay.
The SEC also approved the upgrade of the Ilesha Baruba Gwanara Road to asphalt overlay at N265.4 million to Messrs Duravil Engineering Ltd.
The State Commissioner for Works, Suleiman Rotimi Iliasu, explained that the surface dressing of the road was first awarded to the same firm in October 2013 but the contract cost was reviewed upward.
