KWARA GOVERNOR APPOINTS NEW GOVERNING COUNCIL FOR 17 KWARA INSTITUTIONS
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By ‘Balogun Ibrahim
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has appointed new governing councils for 17 state-owned institutions and agencies, naming former presidential candidate Gani Galadima and Nigeria’s first Professor of Aviation Law, Adua Mustapha, among those selected to head the councils.
The appointments, which took effect on October 16, 2026, cover eight tertiary institutions and nine other government establishments, including Kwara State Polytechnic, the International Aviation College, Ilorin, and the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Board.
The development was announced in a statement issued on Tuesday in Ilorin by the governor’s Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Mashood Agboola.
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According to the statement, the appointments were approved to promote professionalism and improve service delivery across the institutions and agencies.
Galadima was appointed chairman of the governing council of the International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College, Ajase-Ipo, while Dr Ahmed Ameen Funsho will head the Kwara State Scholarship Board, whose council has 17 members.
Engineer Musa Yeketi was named chairman of the governing council of Kwara State Polytechnic, while Mustapha will lead the council of the International Aviation College, Ilorin. Both councils comprise six members each.
At the College of Nursing Sciences, Ilorin, Amudipe Christiana Titilayo was appointed chairman. Meanwhile, Gezinde Adedeji Amosa and Engineer Muhammadu Suno Gofe will head the governing councils of the Colleges of Education in Oro and Ilorin, respectively.
Dr Afusat Ameen was appointed chairman of the six-member governing council of the College of Nursing Sciences, Oke-Ode, while Hajia Riskat Lawal will lead the council of the Kwara State Agency for Mass Literacy.
For the state’s primary healthcare system, Ayinmode Samuel was named chairman of the four-member governing council of the Kwara State Primary Healthcare Board.
Alhaji Muhammed Sakwa will chair the governing council of the Kwara State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency, while Hon. Olasunkanmi Ere-oye was appointed chairman of the five-member council of the Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority.
Engineer Sikirullah Abdulkareem Oladimeji will head the Kwara State Rural Electrification Board alongside five other members.
The appointments also extend to agencies responsible for social investment, housing, environmental protection and outdoor advertising.
Hon. Memud Azeez Alonge was appointed chairman of the six-member governing council of the Kwara State Social Investment Programme, while Hon. Abdulazeez Oluwanilo will lead the Kwara State Housing Corporation council alongside five other members.
Femi Aina was named chairman of the governing council of the Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency, while Dr Laaro Oba Abdulkadir will head the six-member council of the Kwara State Signage and Advertisement Agency.
Congratulating the appointees, AbdulRazaq urged them to justify the confidence placed in them by carrying out their responsibilities diligently.
“Congratulations to you all on your appointments. I am charging you to justify the trust and confidence reposed in you by discharging your responsibilities diligently,” the governor said.
He added that their contributions should support his administration’s efforts to improve education, develop human capital and enhance the quality of life of residents across the state.
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