By Mathew Ochada The Forum of Political Appointees Under Wada Administration in Kogi State has applauded Governor Ododo Ahmed Usman for fully paying pensioners and providing 80% salary payments to local government staff. In a communique issued today, the Forum extolled the governor for the improved salaries to local government employees, saying, “This is a…
GOVERNOR ODODO TO RECONSTRUCT OGORI-MAGONGO INTERNAL ROADS, SEEKS SUPPORT FOR PRESIDENT TINUBU Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has pledged to construct network of roads connecting communities in Ogori-Magongo local government area of the state. The Governor disclosed this in Magongo during the Owiya-Osese festival where he was the special guest of honour at…
KOGI POLY HOLDS MAIDEN INAUGURAL LECTURE ….As Don Articulates Measures for Enhanced Manpower Productivity in the Public Sector It was a celebration of another academic accomplishment at the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja on Thursday 25th April, 2024 as intellectuals and other stakeholders in the academic gathered for the historic maiden Chief Lecturer Inaugural Lecture of…
Citizens participation in Government: Stakeholders charge Kogi Govt.to validate OGP’s State Action Plan. * As Stallion times holds One day Permanent Dialogue Mechanism workshop for 30 Journalists in Kogi. Stakeholders in the Open Government Partnership OGP has appealed to kogi state government to expedite actions in the validation of the State Action Plan SAP as…
kogi Youths hit EFCC over wrongful accusations. Against the ongoing melodrama between the Economic and Financial Crime Commission EFCC and Ex- Governor Yahaya Bello , the Okun Youths in Kogi State have condemned the anti graft Agency for its poor handling of the alleged misappropriation of funds to the tune of #80.2bn while in office….
Local government Councils’ workers in Kogi state have collected their April salaries in 100%, as against percentages payment over a period of almost ten years Recall that the previous government of Captain Idris Ichala Wada was the initiator of percentage payment of workers in the third thiers of government , including that of pensioners…
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ola Olukoyede has appointed Mr. Michael Nzekwe as his Chief of Staff. He has also appointed Zonal Directors for each of the 14 Zonal Commands of the Commission. Nzekwe, topnotch investigator, lawyer and former Commander of the Ilorin Zonal Command of the…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, attached to the Taskforce on Currency mutilation, Dollarisation of the Economy and Forex Malpractice, have arrested 34 suspected currency speculators for alleged foreign exchange fraud. They were arrested on Friday, April 26, 2024 in a sting operation following credible intelligence about illegal sales of dollars…
Insecurity : Gov’ Ododo gifts buses, Motorbikes to Vigilante Groups in Kogi. In his determination to confront all forms of crimes and criminalities across kogi state, Governor , Ahmed Usman Ododo has distributed over One hundred and five Sharon and Ford buses and Forty Two motorbikes to the Vigilante Services to enhance their operational capabilities …
Governor Ododo to distribute state of the art security vehicles to Vigilante. * Arrests hired kidnappers. Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo will on Friday unveil new sets of security vehicles to enhance efficiency of community policing in all local government areas in the state. A statement by the Special Adviser on Media to the…