NACJ Honours Gov AbdulRazaq With ‘Integrity Governor Of The Year’ Award
The Nigerian Association of Christian Journalists (NACJ) has honoured Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State with the ‘Integrity Governor of the Year’ award .
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye noted that President of the association, Dr Charles Okhai, who formally presented the award to the governor in Ilorin on Tuesday, added that Abdulrazaq merited the recognition on account of his impressive achievements across many sectors.
Dr Okhai noted that the governor emerged top in the ranking process involving four other states while adding that he also scored higher in sectors like education, road infrastructure, healthcare, youth empowerment, and transparency.
The association, he noted, was thrilled by Governor AbdulRazaq’s commitment to the welfare of the civil servants and the teachers, as seen in regular promotion and prompt payment of salary, and how his government had transparently recruited at least 8,601 qualified teachers to fill manpower gaps across public schools in the state.
He also said NACJ is a body of Christian media personnel, which pursues strictly national development.
‘When we nominated you, we didn’t look at you from a religious perspective but on account of your sterling performance’ Dr Okhai, who was accompanied on the visit by Mr Nasir Lawal, said.
In his acceptance speech, Governor AbdulRazaq thanked the association for the honour, which he dedicated to the people of the state for their support and trust in his administration.
‘We take this award as an acknowledgement of our modest efforts to improve the conditions of our people and deliver political goods to the largest majority.
Beyond the routine adherence to the bureaucratic due processes and transparency, our state has often come out in good standing in peer-review indices for transparency and good governance, including at the level of programmes conducted by the World Bank and other global bodies.
We have made significant progress in every sector. We are clearly leaving the state better networked in road and other socioeconomic indices. And we are not resting on our oars.
No government since 1999 has delivered as many projects in road connectivity, education, health, sports or tech infrastructure as we have done in the last six years’ he said.
Governor AbdulRazaq also commended President Bola Tinubu for his support for the state over the years–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 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
