• Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Search
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
Sign in
Welcome! Log into your account
Forgot your password? Get help
Password recovery
Recover your password
A password will be e-mailed to you.
PRNIGERIA PRNigeria News
PRNIGERIA PRNIGERIA
  • Home
  • Anti-Corruption
  • Fact-Check
  • Economy
  • National
  • Security
  • Features
  • State
  • Event
  • E-Book
Home State Kwara Gov announces N500m support for looted businesses
  • State

Kwara Gov announces N500m support for looted businesses

By
Rafiu Ajakaye
-
October 25, 2020

Kwara Gov announces N500m support for looted businesses
·       Insists nothing justifies mindless stealing
·       Visits affected malls, commends security agencies

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has again condemned “the mindless looting” of people’s businesses in the state capital on Friday, insisting there can be no justification for such criminal behaviour.

He commiserated with owners of all the businesses affected and announced a N500m fund to assist them as part of the administration’s efforts to bring them back on their feet following the incident.

In a visit to the Kwara Mall and Agro Mall on Saturday evening, the Governor said the incident may bring businesses to their knees, and cause massive loss of jobs and a surge in poverty rate — implications he said were clearly lost on the “hoodlums”.

“We are therefore not going to leave the business owners like that. We are setting up a N500m fund for those that were affected to access. The application form is live and active on the State Government’s website and can now be filled by interested parties. We are going to get them back as soon as possible,” he said.

Claims that government was hoarding palliatives were false as it was not the owner of those materials, AbdulRazaq added, explaining that the food stuffs stolen at the Cargo Terminal were donated to specific vulnerable households and were being distributed across the state for the private sector-led CACOVID Foundation.

Read Also:

  • Aisha Babangida Seeks Actionable Gender Reforms, as Women Entrepreneurs Share ₦10m WenA Awards
  • CDS Hails DEPOWA’s Grassroots Sports Drive, Calls It Seedbed for Future Champions
  • How Troops Crippled Terrorists, Bandits, and Oil Thieves in Nationwide Operation

He added that the ones carted away from Agro-Mall were relief materials donated to specific victims of the recent rainstorms and floods in eight local government areas of the state by the Federal Government. He said the NEMA had already distributed the materials to at least four local governments while consignments for the remaining council areas were due for dispatch when the hoodlums struck.

“What happened was bareface stealing and some people are playing politics with it. This is not the time to play politics. It is a time for all hands to be on deck. It is not just Kwara they wanted to burn down. They wanted to burn the whole country down. I urge all of us to stand up and resist that,” he said.

“We engaged the #EndSARS youth in Kwara and it worked out for us. They were not violent. They had a five-point agenda which the federal government has agreed to and has started implementing. In Kwara State, we have also set up a judicial panel of inquiry to look into the allegation of Police abuse. I also visited Police barracks to see how we can improve the welfare of the Police in the state.

“While the hoodlums were looting (on Friday), I was holding a meeting with executives and members of the National Association of Kwara State Students and National Association of Nigeria Students, Kwara axis. It shows students and youths were not part of the looting. Those involved were just hoodlums and thieves.”

Commending them for their professionalism, the Governor said the administration is working with security agencies to maintain public order and safety in the state.

Rafiu Ajakaye
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor
25th October, 2020

VISIT OUR OTHER WEBSITES
PRNigeria.com EconomicConfidential.com PRNigeria.com/Hausa/
EmergencyDigest.com PoliticsDigest.ng TechDigest.ng
HealthDigest.ng SpokesPersonsdigest.com TeensDigest.ng
ArewaAgenda.com Hausa.ArewaAgenda.com YAShuaib.com
  • TAGS
  • Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq
  • Agro Mall
  • CACOVID Foundation
  • ENDSARS
  • Kwara Mall
  • NEMA
Previous articleMinister Announces Help line for Youth Engagement
Next articleMilitary Airstrikes Destroy Terrorists’ Structures in Borno as Troops Recover Large Cache of Arms
Rafiu Ajakaye
Rafiu Ajakaye
http://www.PRNigeria.com

RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR

Protest Will Jeopardize Peace Efforts for Kanu’s Freedom, Igbo Leaders Warn

Military Arrests IPOB Female Logistics Supplier in Abia, Rescues 30 Hostages Nationwide

Military Troops in Action

Military Neutralizes Armed Criminal in Benue, Arrest Suspected Gunrunner in Nasarawa

Police Officer

Police Arrest 11 Suspected Armed Robbers Along Katsina–Kano Highway

Nnamdi Kanu of IPOB arrested by Nigerian security services

Nnamdi Kanu Fit to Face Trial — NMA Tells Court

NSCDC Foils Kidnap Attempt on Customs Officer, Eliminates 2 Suspects, Arrests Others

NSCDC Rescues Abducted Victims, Arrests 70 Suspects for Various Crimes in Edo

ECOWAS Anti-Corruption Network Re-Elects EFCC Chair Olukoyede, Adopts New Guidelines

Military troops

Again, Army Eliminates Bandits, Rescues 9 Abducted Victims in Kwara

Abuja’s Real Estate: The Math Is Not Mathing By Hawwah A Gambo

Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd)

Marwa Urges Global Unity to Dismantle Criminal Drug Networks at UN Session

Department of State Security Service DSS

DSS Nabs Two Dismissed Officers for Impersonation, Defrauding Nigerians

Recent Posts

  • Aisha Babangida Seeks Actionable Gender Reforms, as Women Entrepreneurs Share ₦10m WenA Awards
  • CDS Hails DEPOWA’s Grassroots Sports Drive, Calls It Seedbed for Future Champions
  • How Troops Crippled Terrorists, Bandits, and Oil Thieves in Nationwide Operation
  • Protest Will Jeopardize Peace Efforts for Kanu’s Freedom, Igbo Leaders Warn
  • Military Arrests IPOB Female Logistics Supplier in Abia, Rescues 30 Hostages Nationwide
  • Home
  • About
  • Adverts
  • Contact
© 2020 PRNigeria. All Rights Reserved.
Latest News
Aisha Babangida Seeks Actionable Gender Reforms, as Women Entrepreneurs Share ₦10m WenA AwardsCDS Hails DEPOWA’s Grassroots Sports Drive, Calls It Seedbed for Future ChampionsHow Troops Crippled Terrorists, Bandits, and Oil Thieves in Nationwide OperationProtest Will Jeopardize Peace Efforts for Kanu’s Freedom, Igbo Leaders WarnMilitary Arrests IPOB Female Logistics Supplier in Abia, Rescues 30 Hostages NationwideMilitary Neutralizes Armed Criminal in Benue, Arrest Suspected Gunrunner in NasarawaEXPLAINER: The Truth Behind NDLEA’s Position on Cannabis Oil By Arafat A. AbdulrazaqNigeria Wins Two Major Global Awards for Digital Governance at OGP Summit in SpainPolice Arrest 11 Suspected Armed Robbers Along Katsina–Kano HighwayNnamdi Kanu Fit to Face Trial — NMA Tells CourtSenate approves appointment of Amupitan as INEC chairNSCDC Foils Kidnap Attempt on Customs Officer, Eliminates 2 Suspects, Arrests OthersANALYSIS: What Is the Job of a Presidential Spokesman?NSCDC Rescues Abducted Victims, Arrests 70 Suspects for Various Crimes in EdoFG Begins Data-Driven Reform of Civil Service Through PASGA Project
X whatsapp