Nigeria, Feb. 10 -- The Kwara State government has allocated additional N500 million for the construction of the Ilorin Visual Arts Centre in 2025.
The Informant247 had reported in December 2024 that the Kwara State government spent nearly N2 billion on the project, which was initially approved for N755 million.
The project, approved in 2020 and unveiled in 2023, has not yet been put to use. With no visible progress or construction at the facility since its unveiling, the government has continued to pour hundreds of millions of naira annually in its 'completion'.
What has been spent
On August 8, 2020, the Kwara State Executive Council, under the leadership of Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, awarded the construction of a state-of-th...