Abdulquawiy Abdulganiyu Olododo

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Kwara State Commissioner for Works
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2024

Abdulquawiy Abdulganiyu Olododo is a Nigerian politician, entrepreneur, and engineer [1] [2] who had served Kwara State in Nigeria as the State Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, [3] and the acting Commissioner for Works and Transport since 2023. [4] Olododo is from Ilorin East, Ilorin, and graduated from Kwara State University. [5]

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Career

Olododo was the General Manager of the Kwara State Social Investment Programme (KWASSIP) between July 2022 to August 2023. [5] He was the Technical Assistant on Agriculture to the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq between 2020 to 2022. [6] [7] [8] [9] In 2023, he was the Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development and the Supervising Commissioner for Works and Transport in Kwara State, Nigeria. [10] [11] [12]

Commissioner for Works and Transport, Kwara State

Early 2024, Abdulquawiy Olododo was appointed as the Commissioner for Works and Transport in Kwara State by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. [13] This appointment followed a cabinet reshuffle where Olododo, who had been serving as the Commissioner for Solid Minerals, took on the role of Commissioner for Works and Transport. [14] Prior to this, he had held the Works and Transport portfolio in an acting capacity while simultaneously overseeing the Ministry of Solid Minerals. [10] [4]

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