Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, is set to inaugurate several landmark projects initiated by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in Kwara State.
Among the projects scheduled for commissioning are the Unity Flyover, an ultramodern Intensive Care Unit (ICU), an Executive Ward, and the Gen. Tunde Idiagbon Flyover, named in honour of the late military leader.
Governor AbdulRazaq has also approved the renaming of several old and new legacy projects in the state to honour prominent historical figures and leaders.
The multibillion-naira Civil Service Clinic will be named after the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who will perform its groundbreaking ceremony during her visit to the state from January 28 to 30, 2025.
Senator Tinubu will also commission an ICT Centre at the Kwara State University of Education, constructed under the Renewed Hope Initiative of her office.
As part of the renaming efforts, the road leading to the flyover will now be known as Tafawa Balewa Road, in tribute to Nigeria’s former Prime Minister, who was assassinated during the January 1966 military coup, according to a statement by the governor’s media aide, Rafiu Ajakaye.
The statement reads: “The governor has meanwhile approved for the ICT Centre to be named after former Minister Amina Ndalolo, a jewel of Kwara North, while the executive ward at the Kwara State Teaching Hospital is named after the late prominent physician and politician Dr. Amuda Aluko.
“The first state secretariat is now to be called the Brigadier General David Bamigboye Secretariat in honour of the first military administrator of the old Kwara State, while the new secretariat is named after Rear Admiral Muhammed Alabi Lawal who governed the state between 1999 and 2003.
“Kwara State Stadium Complex will now be known as Major-General George Agbazika Innih Stadium Complex in appreciation of his contributions to the state.
“The main bowl of the stadium is named after the late Rashidi Yekini, a football legend renowned for scoring Nigeria’s first World Cup goal and the country’s highest goal scorer till date.
“Governor Abdulrazaq, similarly, approved for some other important state facilities to be named as follows: Table Tennis Arena is named after Atanda Musa (Manza Musa), who was a national champion in the games in 1979; Indoor Sports Hall is named after Gabriel Babatunde Ladipo, the first black principal of the Government Technical Training School Ilorin (GTTS) who was regarded as the father of sports in the state; Squash Court is named after Coach Bolakale Mogaji, executive chairman of the Kwara State Sports Commission who was the pioneer coach, player, and national champion in the squash game; KFA Academy is named after Coach Usuman Adenuja, the first football coach who took the Kwara Academicals to the final of Academical football competition. The Governor was among his products.
“Hostel A of the stadium is named after Salihu Ishola, the first Kwaran Commonwealth Games’ medalist; Hostel B is named after Paralympic badminton bronze medalist Bolaji Eniola; and Hostel C is named after Bola Esan, the first female director of sports.”
