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KWSG is advised to Replace Palliative with Newly Improved Agricultural Scheme, the best option! By Sa’ad Ayuba Dan-Musadanmusa123@yahoo.com Government Palliative is a  specialized manner to provide medical care and food items to relieve the entire populace from pains or sufferings, but such palliative is not evenly distributed in Kwara State, The effect of subsidy to the people that deserve palliative is a global issue, but It is noteworthy that the palliative never went round to the deserving people in the state. The government releases billions of Naira worth of relief packages, but the relief never been felt by the people; it occurs to the people that some set of greedy and corrupt elements are at work to deliberately divert the relief provided the government. Another best way to bring Palliative to the doorstep of everyone is for the government to embark on Newly Improved Agricultural Scheme (NIAS) by providing; 1. Adequate Security for protection agai

Save Our Soul: Lanwa in Moro Local Govt needs Gov AbdulRahman's urgent Intervention! By Sa'ad Ayuba Dan-Musa  Lanwa Community is an ancient town like any other towns in Kwara state, but facing the challenges of infrastructural development for decades unlike any other contemporary towns in the state thereby depriving them from the shares of dividend of democracy. The infrastructures like portable Boreholes, Streetlights and construction of 25 kilometers Lanwa/Okeoyi Asphalt road in 1982 were embarked upon through Community efforts before it got decayed by the erosion due to lack of maintenance by the past governments. It was a sad day in the history of the people of Lanwa that woke up to witness the past governments (Land & Survey) using their instruments to acquired thousands of hectares of land in the rural community simply to frustrate the industrial set-up for the production of *Biodiesel through Jatropha Curcas* at Lanwa initiated by an Industrialist, Alh Yu

Dan-Musa hails Gov AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq on the passage of Amendment bill 2023 for KWEPA. There is no doubt, the second term of Gov AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq will witness tremendous development in relation to clean environment which can't materialize without amending the Law to suite the purpose of current population to override the old laws of many decades. Alh Sa'ad Ayuba Dan-Musa, the former General Manager, Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA) noted that registered and Regulated Premises capitalizing on the weaknesses of the old Environmental Laws to drag the Agency to Court unnecessarily despite the fact they are guilty of Environmental Sanitation violation will be a thing of the past. The Amendment Law 2023 means that individuals and regulated premises will have to be convicted or tried to pay heavy fines in accordance with the amendment Law or six months imprisonment for individuals while corporate bodies will pay double as sanction f

Lanwa township road abandoned by the Contractors! The people of Lanwa are ever grateful and appreciable to His Excellency, Mall. AbdulRahman Abdulrasaq for the award of so many Community township roads in the state to alleviate the suffering of the rural dwellers In the recent time, it was observed that the Contractors handling Lanwa township roads has abandoned the construction of the road compared to Olooru, the ancestral home of former Commissioner of Works, Hon. Rotimi Iliasu whose township road that was awarded the same time and in the same local government was completed within the time frame. During the site inspection, Ilorin *Monitoring Group (IMG)* discovered that aside the blockage of some adjoining linkage to the streets that caused erosion, it has also caused an environmental nuisance to the entire community which can lead to Asthma contact.  It is the believe of the Community that the state government must have released the total sum bidded for the contract, bu

IMG congratulates Saliu Mustapha, Ahmed Aluko, Muktar Shagaya & Ahmed Saba Congratulations to Mall. Saliu Mustapha (Kwara Central), Yinka Ahmed Aluko (Ilorin South/East), Muktar Shagaya (Ilorin West/Asa) and Dr Ahmed Saba (Moro/Edu/Pategi) on becoming the authentic Senator and House of Representatives respectfully of the 10th Assembly of Federal Republic Nigeria. As an accomplished Politicians and exceptional leaders with notable achievements at your constituencies and beyond, you will no doubt lift your community to even greater heights of developmental excellence. *Ilorin Monitoring Group (IMG)* have followed your leadership activities and very proud of you. Please keep it up for the greatness of the Emirate and Kwara state in general. Wishing you the best wishes for a wonderful inauguration and a tremendously successful tenure of office. Signed Sa'ad A Dan-Musa Convener

Attention of KWSG and FG on illegal mining of Lithium in Lade, Pategi LG. Sa'ad Ayuba Dan-Musa danmusa123@yahoo.com Lithium's market value is forecast to increase to nearly 19 billion U.S. dollars by 2030, due to its increasingly significant importance and by the end of 2023, the global market value of lithium is expected to amount to 8.2 billion U.S. dollars. Due to its increasingly significant importance for a variety of applications and as well for the production of rechargeable batteries for mobile phones, laptops, digital cameras and  electric vehicles and so on has in the recent time attracted thousands of local and foreign illegal miners to Lade in Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State. This piece is coming as a strong request for the state government to put necessary measures in place to legalize the mining activities of Lithium in *Lade Village* or establish an industry to produce exportation products through the precious stones which will ultimately