Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, on Sunday announced a N500m fund to assist businesses that were affected in the looting and destruction of properties in the state by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protests.
The governor announced the fund after inspecting some looted malls in Ilorin, the state capital.
He accused some politicians, who he described as “disgruntled” trying to overthrow his government of sponsoring some angry youths in the state to cause the mayhem.
“Behind the ideas (of angry youths) are people with ideologies of trying to overthrow the government, loot the country or trying to take some sort of advantage the legitimate concerns of #EndSARS,” Abdulrazaq said.
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He condemned the looting of people’s businesses which went on from Friday till Saturday, insisting there can be no justification for such criminal behaviour.
He said: “We are therefore not going to leave the business owners like that. We are setting up a N500 million fund for those that were affected, to access.
“The application form is live and active on the state government’s website and can now be filled by interested parties. We are going to get them back on their feet as soon as possible.”
The governor lamented that the events at weekend may cause massive loss of jobs and a surge in the poverty rate in the state.
