Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday inspected ongoing construction work at the Oluremi Tinubu Hospital in Ilorin, the state capital.
The inspection of the hospital project came a few days after the governor approved N20billion additional funding for statewide public school infrastructure.
In an interview with reporters at the site, the governor said the hospital project was one of his administration’s investments in public health, education, road networks, and social investment across various the state.
The governor also inspected some rural road projects in Asa local government, including 23.23 kilometres Oko Olowo express-Sokoto-Tafatafa-Elere-Owode Oja Baba Kudu-Akopari-Otte Oja Road and 17.7km Madi Peeke Road.
AbdulRazaq said the government has constructed many roads within the state capital in Ilorin, while others were ongoing.
The governor said many other states of the federation are also doing well in project execution, citing massive hospital projects in Lagos, Kaduna, and many other states.
He tied the surge in project executions across the states, including in road, school, and health sectors, to the rise in revenue allocation that followed the removal of fuel subsidy.
He also commended President Bola Tinubu for his support for the state.
“The First Lady of Nigeria Senator Oluremi Tinubu was here six months ago to lay the foundation of this world-class hospital and work has progressed tremendously.
“Hopefully, in the second quarter of next year, we’ll be done with it. The majority of the equipment have been ordered already: radiography machine, a CT scanner, MRI, PET scan machines, and all sorts of equipment have been ordered,” the governor said.
He added that the administration was also working on other projects, including those in other parts of the state such as the International Conference Centre, ICT Centre Shonga, Patigi (Regatta) Motel, Sheabutter Factory in Kaiama, and Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Offa.
“This is not the only thing going on in the state. We have other major infrastructure projects ongoing, and this is not just in terms of healthcare all over Nigeria,” he said.
“A lot of infrastructural projects are also going on in different states of the federation. We were recently in Kaduna with the President to commission a hospital (built by the Kaduna State Government).
“Lagos State is building a huge hospital (New Massey Clinic), I believe, children’s hospital. Katsina is doing the same. So, all over the country, healthcare has been improved by the sub-nationals. All this is due to the increased funding from the federal revenue,” the governor said.
Aside from the road infrastructure, the governor added that a lot of investments were also ongoing in the education sector.
“I have recently approved another N20billion spending on education infrastructure. Education is not part of what you call a low-hanging fruit. So people don’t quickly see investments in that. They mostly only see investments in roads. But a lot is going on in agriculture and other sub sectors. And we’ll continue to do more and deepen investment in all these areas,” he assured.
He listed other completed and ongoing projects as Oro to Arandun Road Kwara South; Ajase-Ipo to Oke Ode, Omu-Aran to Oko, Orisa Bridge along Oro-Ago, Owu waterfall as well road in Offa while the Ilemona bypass project and others are underway.
