Above Whisper

By Gbenga Ishola anipr The death, on Wednesday 12th, March 2025, at 58, of Segun Alani Adeleye, has robbed members of my generation of a professional, fine journalist, a prolific writer and a kindhearted fellow. Not surprisingly, there have been an outpouring of tributes from across Nigeria and beyond only for a man who earned the respect of many. Little wonder, this world is fleeting, ephemeral, will-o’-the-wisp. What is man that thou art mindful of him? Man, whose breath is in his nostrils, the good book says. By a personal belief, there are some people who ordinarily should not die, because of their goodness, their humanism, the great impact that they make within the community, family and colleagues. The death of good men or women diminishes us, a part of us leaves with them, but what endures ultimately is the lesson of their example. One of such good persons was Segun Adeleye. Death is a debt that all living things owe, and which they must pay when called to the Celesti...

The Kwara State Coordinator of the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), Engineer Isaac Kolo, has been picked as the Guest Speaker at the 47th Media Parliament of the Kwara State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ). The event, scheduled for Monday, February 24th, 2025, will take place at NUJ Press Centre, Offa Road, GRA, Ilorin, beginning at 11:00am prompt. In a statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the NUJ Media Parliament Committee, Fatima Rasheed and Sodiq Adebara respectively, the session will provide an insightful discussion on the impact of quality road infrastructure on rural-urban migration. According to the statement, the theme, "Rural-Urban Migration Through Quality Road Infrastructure," aims to highlight the critical role of road networks in enhancing connectivity, fostering economic growth, and improving the living standards of rural dwellers. It stated that the media parliament is a platform for stakeholder...

Protocol  Good evening distinguished colleagues . I am honored to be speaking with you on the topic for today's clinic presentation which is "Effective Spokesperson."  Before I share my thought with you on the topic , it is important to remind ourselves that emphasis on spokesperson in our Institute began last year as an intiative of our current President in Council of the NIPR , Dr. Ike Neliaku, following his election as President of the Council and that of his members including our lead guardian in Kwara Chapter , Professor Saudat Salah Abdulbaqi. The Council collaborated with Image Merchant Group, the proprietor of the Spokesperson’s award, to organize the First Spokespersons’ Summit held in Abuja last year . I remember, nostalgically, that we Kwara Chapter had an impressive participation in the maiden Summit. According to our President , Dr. Ike Neliaku , “ the summit is to help NIPR strengthen the capacity of spokespersons in Public , Private and Civil Society Organi...

By Ishola Gbenga anipr  Kwara state has been ranked the overall best in counterpart payment and overll disbursement. The ranking was announced on Monday in Abuja at the 8th Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), implementation support mission, held at Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Center Abuja which assesses the progress of all the states as part of the preparation for the new year.  This attainment, no doubt, shows how committed His Excellency Mallam AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq CON and Chairman Nigerian Governors Forum has been to the cause of equitable development as it further confirmed his efforts the development of Kwara Going further, on Monday, 21st October, 2024, Governor Abdulrahman officially flagged off the construction, rehabilitation, and upgrade of rural roads totalling 209.77km in the state. The event was well attended by relevant stakeholders both within and outside the state as the upgrade of rural roads is about 209.77km connecting the 16 local ...

By Ishola Gbenga anipr Governor AbdulRaman AbdulRazaq's led administration has been commended for its modest policies and sustainable partnerships with developmental agencies worldwide, with a view to bringing more meaningful developmental projects to the people of the state, particularly those at the rural areas, where more rural roads are being constructed for a sustainable economy in the state. The State Project Coordinator, Rural Access and Agriculturally to Marketing Project (RAAMP), Engr. Dr. Isaac Kolo, gave this commendation in Ilorin while fielding questions from the press on analysis of the length of jobs done so far by the agency since inception.  According to him, the six years programme was formally declared effective on March 16 2021 which was co financed by the World Bank, with the aim of improving Rural Access and Trading Infrastructure, in participating states, and had since received counterpart fund of N4billion from the state government. "On assu...

By Ishola Gbenga anipr The Chairman Nigeria Governors' Forum and Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq CON, said his administration would continue to adopt open and transparent process in fast tracking even distribution of dividends of democracy to all nooks and crannies of the state, specifically in the aspect of creating more agro-logistics hubs to boost the state’s economy. Governor AbdulRazaq stated this in Ilorin at a workshop organised by the national office of the Agro-logistics department of the Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), held in IlorinKwara State capital.  The Governor, who was represented by the State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Hon Abdulquawiy Olododo, noted the importance of agro-logistics component in the RAAMP project as from construction and rehabilitation of rural roads across states.  According to him, the agro-logistics component of RAAMP presents crucial steps towards strengthening the agricultural sector...