Kwara govt recruits 70 graduates

Yekini Jimoh, Ilorin - 26.11.2007

KWARA State government has approved the recruitment of 70 engineering graduates into the state civil service. The governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki, disclosed this when members of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) paid him a courtesy call at the Government House, in Ilorin.

The governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Saka Onimago, said the hope of a state or a country largely depended on engineers, if it desired to be industrialised.

Dr. Saraki said the government was determined to ensure that the state attained industrialisation and economic revolution. Earlier, the vice president of the society, Mr. Chukuma Katchy, commended the governor for his achievements, particularly in the area of education.

He said the education reform embarked upon by the state government would assist in the training of the young engineers.