Kwara State government has again received national applause as the state with the highest number of points in the September edition of the ‘Progressive Strides’; a monthly bulletin tracking the performance of the 21 APC States in the country.
Kwara ticked 26 points to top the table, followed by Lagos (21) and Jigawa and Kebbi, which had 16 strides apiece for the month under review.
The Director-General of the forum, Saliu Mohammed Lukman, disclosed that the entries for the 63rd edition of the report witnessed more developmental strides collated from the (Progressive Governors’) the Forum States in 2021.
“In general, there is an overall increase in the pattern of initiatives introduced by the States, with Kwara State recording most initiatives for this month having twenty-six (26) development strides.
“These cut across economic development, education, science and technology, health and nutrition, agriculture and rural development, infrastructure, security and sensitisation, empowerment and innovation, environment and hygiene, transportation and finally sports and youths development,” the Director-General added.
Lagos State follows with 21 strides while Jigawa and Kebbi trail with 16 each. Gombe and Kaduna recorded 15 strides each; Nasarawa and Ogun 14 each; Ekiti and Niger 13 each; Kano and Katsina 10 each; while Ebonyi got nine strides. Kogi recorded eight strides; Cross River, Osun and Yobe got six each, as Borno and Ondo had four each. Finally, three strides were recorded in Imo and Zamfara States each. Kwara had repeatedly topped the table of the Forum’s Strides since the introduction.
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