First Lady Remi Tinubu To Begin 3-Day Visit To Kwara Tomorrow…She’ll Inaugurate ‘Iconic’ Projects In Ilorin

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara State has approved the naming of some old and new legacy projects in the state after leaders and historic figures in the country and on top of the list is the nation’s First Lady, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu, who has had the multibillion naira Civil Service Clinic project named after her. 

‘The old clinic is now being reconstructed from scratch to emerge as a multistory health facility’ the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye submitted in a statement he issued in Ilorin and made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Monday.

‘Senator Tinubu will perform the groundbreaking ceremony of the huge project as part of her official visit to Kwara State between January 28 and 30, 2025. 

Along with the ICT Centre built under the Renewed Hope Initiative of her office at the Kwara State University of Education, the wife of the President will also inaugurate a few legacy projects of the governor such as the Unity Flyover, ultramodern Intensive Care Unit, Executive Ward, and Gen. Tunde Idiagbon Flyover — earlier named after the late disciplinarian leader. 

The road leading to the flyover is now to be called the Tafawa Balewa Road, a kind gesture in honour of Nigeria’s former Prime Minister, who was killed in the January 15, 1966 military coup’ he said. 

The governor, the statement noted, has also approved that the ICT Centre should be named after Alhaja Amina Ndalolo, a former Minister and a jewel of Kwara North, while the executive ward at the Kwara State Teaching Hospital is named after late Dr. Amuda Aluko, a prominent physician and politician. 

‘The first state secretariat is now to be called the Brigadier General David Bamigboye Secretariat in honour of the first military administrator of the old Kwara State, while the new secretariat is named after Rear Admiral Muhammed Alabi Lawal who governed the state between 1999 and 2003. 

Kwara State Stadium Complex will now be called Major-General George Agbazika Innih Stadium Complex in appreciation of his contribution to the state. 

The main bowl of the stadium is named after the late Rashidi Yekini, a football legend renowned for scoring Nigeria’s first World Cup goal and the country’s highest goal scorer till date.

Governor Abdulrazaq, similarly, approved for some other important state facilities to be named as follows: Table Tennis Arena is named after Atanda Musa (Manza Musa), who was a national champion in the games in 1979; Indoor Sports Hall is named after Gabriel Babatunde Ladipo, the first black principal of the Government Technical Training School Ilorin (GTTS) who was regarded as the father of sports in the state; Squash Court is named after Coach Bolakale Mogaji, executive chairman of the Kwara State Sports Commission who was the pioneer coach, player, and national champion in the squash game; KFA Academy is named after Coach Usuman Adenuja, the first football coach who took the Kwara Academicals to the final of Academical football competition. The governor was among his products.

Hostel A of the stadium is named after Salihu Ishola, the first Kwaran commonwealth games’ medalist; Hostel B is named after Paralympic badminton bronze medalist Bolaji Eniola; and Hostel C is named after Bola Esan, the first female director of sports’ the statement added-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com.  Thank you