By Demola Akinyemi

ILORIN- Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State has said the state government was not broke, pointing out that it was buoyant as all financial obligations such as payment of salaries, contractors and other expenditures were duly being met.

Ahmed said: “There is no magic to our being able to remain liquid other than the fact that we have been able to manage our expenditure within our revenue profile.”

He said no local government council in the state would retrench any worker as a result of their recent financial challenges, as the councils had streamlined their expenditure portfolio to avoid past experiences, noting that all arrears of salary owed council workers had been cleared.