The Kwara Government has not sold its transport corporation, known as Kwara Express, the Chairman of the board of the company, Alhaji Shuaib Bolaji, has said.

Bolaji’s statement followed Friday’s peaceful protest by some staff members of the

corporation over the alleged sale of the corporation by the state government

Addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin, Bolaji said the government had no plan to sell the corporation or any part of its land or asset.

He explained that the corporation, as an agency of government, was rendering service to the people at cheaper rates under the supervision of Harmony Holding Company.

The chairman said the involvement of the company had rescued the corporation from collapse by repositioning and re-tooling it for effective service delivery.

He further said that the corporation planned to buy new buses to complement old ones and that the services would be extended to other states where its services were needed.

Bolaji said the corporation had offset the backlog of workers’ salary and that its casual workers had been converted to permanent staff.

He also said that corporation planned to expand its workshop to enable it to repair all categories of vehicles and render services to government and individuals.

The board chairman said Kwara Express had been rendering carrier and hire services at affordable prices and was ready to go into partnership with individuals.

Mr Tope Daramola, the Chief Executive Officer of Harmony Holdings Ltd, described the alleged sale of Kwara Express as unfounded and a calculated attempt to tarnish the image of the state government.