Kwara L-PRES' STC Holds Maiden Meeting in Year 2026... As members commended for their unwavering commitment to the development of livestock sector in the State

The Kwara State Livestock Productivity and Resilience Support Project (L-PRES) has held its 2026 maiden meeting in Ilorin with a call to recommit to the actualisation of the project development objective (PDO).

Addressing the Committee Members, the State Technical Committee Chairman (STC) Alhaji Mohammed Yahaya praised members of the committee for the achievements of the outgone year, and tasked them to redouble their efforts in providing technical support, and improved oversight functions that would accelerate smooth implementation of the project in the State.

In their various contributions, the committee members also thanked the state governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for providing enabling environment and other needed support in the implementation of the project

In his earlier remarks, the Project Coordinator, Mr. Olusoji Oyawoye, represented by the Project Admin. Officer, Hajia Aminat Jiddah had itemized some major activities in the 2026 Annual Work Plan for necessary inputs of the committee members.

In a related development, the Project STC visited both Ajase-Ipo Kara Market and Iyana-Share Kara Market in Ifelodun and Irepodun LGA respectively to assess the places for the proposed upgrading to a standard modern market.

The visit is part of the state government's sustained efforts at repositioning the livestock sector through timely interventions to ensure increased productivity, commercialisation of the value chains and entrenched resilience in the livestock sector of the State.

You may recall that Kwara L-PRES was rated first among the 20 participating States by the Project National Coordination Office in conjunction with the World bank as contained in the recently released L-PRES Project States Performance Assessment and Ranking Matrix Document.