On behalf of the Governing Council, Academic Board, Management, staff and students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, I warmly and heartily congratulate His Royal Majesty, Dr. Mathew Alaji Opaluwa Oguche Akpa II, the Ata Igala, President Kogi State Council of Traditional Rulers and Chancellor, Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, on his conferment with the revered National Honour of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR), by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Agaabaidu, the cheering news of this iconic National Honour did not come to the Polytechnic Community as a surprise, considering the exemplary sense of unity, moral discipline, peaceful coexistence and sociocultural harmony you have clearly demonstrated since your ascension to the throne of your forebears.
Since your ascension, you have, through words and deeds, shown that you are indeed a father committed to the growth and prosperity of Igalaland, Kogi State and Nigeria at large.
Your cross-cultural appeals have endeared you to many, within and outside your domain, as a father who is genuinely committed to national consciousness and patriotic fervour.
We have, therefore, no doubt that the revered honour will spur you to sustain the tempo of your fatherly disposition to the ideals of nation building.
Long may you reign, Your Royal Majesty.
Agaabaidu, Congratulations!
Signed:
Salisu Ogbo Usman, PhD, fcia, FABEN
(Oma-Oja Ata Igala)
Rector
