Prince Abubakar University Teaching Hospital Anyigba currently under construction by the administration of His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. *** Governor Yahaya Bello at work on the age-old erosion ravaged section of the road from Anyigba to the headquarters of Dekina LG and to the neighboring Bassa LG.*** Ultra-modern General Hospital, Under Construction At Isanlu-Yagba East LGA-Kogi State. Similar projects ongoing simultaneously in two (2) other locations in the state, ie, Gegu in Kogi LGA and Eganyi in Ajaokuta LGA*** The World Bank commended Governor Yahaya Bello for refunding $4.63 million surplus funds under the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP)***  This app, is an Audio/visual excursion into the stewardship of His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello*** 

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Kogi beats 7 states, emerges winner in NEWMAP environment, safeguard instruments and 2nd tier

Leave a Comment / Good Governance / June 13, 2022 / 1 minute of reading

Kogi State has emerged overall best among 2nd tier Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) states made up of seven states including Kano, Gombe, Delta, Sokoto, Oyo, Akwa Ibom and Plateau states.

The victory was announced at the Valedictory ceremony of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP) organised by the World Bank and Federal Ministry of Environment, held at Sheraton hotel, Abuja.

Kogi State NEWMAP also clinched the first position in 23 States on the Implementation of Environmental and Safeguard Instruments and was also a Runner up in Implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism and the Implementation of Catchment Management Plan.

The highly elated Project Coordinator of Kogi NEWMAP, Barr. Ladi Ahmed Jatto appreciated the Almighty God for the divine support.

She also specially recognized and appreciated His Excellency Alh Yahaya Bello for his unrelenting support to Kogi NEWMAP while dedicating the award to God Almighty and the state governor.

Good leaders have vision and inspire others

Leave a Comment / Good Governance / June 13, 2022 / 4 minutes of reading

Yahaya Bello’s Road (s) to the Future

By Hafsat Ibrahim

“Good leaders have vision and inspire others to help them turn vision into reality. Great leaders have vision, share vision, and inspire others to create their own.”

– Roy Bennett

Vision is not something that can be seen, touched or heard. It is, in this context, a function of the brilliancy, ingenuity and sincerity of a leader. It is a function of identifying present and potential future problems and putting measures in place to eradicate or reduce the or problems…. most importantly, to ensure that future generations experience less of the problems the present generation is going through.

Yahaya Bello’s coming was divinely ordained. No one saw it coming. But his performance especially in the area of infrastructure has been very deliberate. His performance has been a product of careful, conscious planning and a matter of setting priorities.

The New Direction Administration in Kogi state has not only been spending billions of naira on projects. It has been expending resources on priority projects and despite the scarcity of these resources in recent years, any fair observer will agree that a lot of the major problems that need to be attended have been given priority by the present administration.

Road construction has been the cornerstone of the Infrastructural drive of the administration. Kogi state used to be average at best in the area of quality of road networks prior to the coming of Governor Bello. Six years down the line, even though right now not all the roads have been done, the most important ones have been constructed or rehabilitated.

In choosing the roads to focus on, the governor’s team priortised the ones that are crucial to the social and economic wellbeing of Kogites, knowing full well that the informal sector is the main driver of the state economy.

Since all parts of the state are almost evenly gifted in terms of vibrant population and economic potential, Bello’s road construction and rehabilitation largesse has also been evenly distributed across the three senatorial zones and all 21 local government areas of the state.

The construction of the Ibana-Ikeje-Ette road and that of the Idah-Umomi-Anyigba road for example are ongoing in the Eastern axis of the state. The Dekina – Anyigba Road has also been reconstructed.

The Ekirin-Ade/Ohun Iffe-Olukotun Road, and the Poyan-Jege-Ejuku-Ijowa (Isanlu) Road in the Western axis have been completed.

Roads that are undergoing reconstruction in Kabba town are Iyah- Fadile Junction Road; Dada Onicar Bestway- NTA Junction Road; Inuraje Road; Ogo Oluwa Street; Surulere Road; Ipele Street – Barnabas Cathedral Road; St. Banabas Roundabout Road; Obaro Odoafin Road and Bolorunduro Road.

In Kogi Central, the rehabilitation of Okene township road, Idoma road, Mahmoud Attah road, Ogori-Magongo township road has been undertaken by the Bello administration.

Other roads that are undergoing construction in Okene town are Agassa- Irucheba Road; Ozuwaya- Idozuni Road; Idozumi- Idoji Road; Spurs-Ahache – Enyinare Road; Ateba – Idozumi Road; Spurs, Obehira- Makaranta Road; Library – Inike Road; Agassa- Ekuku – Dam Road and Agassa- Anyava Road.

Lokoja, the capital city of Kogi State looked like an overrated, rustic countryside settlement before the coming of Governor Bello. The rapid transformation of the city in recent years is very clear for anyone who is familiar with the state capital.

The asphalt overlay of Taiwo road, the Lokoja Township Stadium, the Muhammadu Buhari Civic Centre, the Inland Revenue Office etc are few out of the legion of physical infrastructural projects provided by the Bello administration. But roads have played the major part in beautifying the city under Governor Bello.

The emergency facelift given to portions of the road between Ganaja junction and Ganaja village in Lokoja, and the rehabilitation of SUBEB road, Lokoja are also very key. Most of the visible road projects around Ganaja are forced by the ongoing construction of the massive, unprecedented flyover, a signature, legacy project of the administration that is nearing completion.

Other road projects in Lokoja township include Bishop Court – Kasuwa Hotel-Ganaja Junction Road; Adankolo Cemetery- Zenith Bank Road; Dunamis Junction- Federal University Road; UBA Adankolo- Housing Estate Road; Cemetery-Baptist Church Road; Kewon Hotel – Lokoja LGA/Federal Road Safety road; Sardauna Junction – Cemetery /Maigari Palace Road; and asphalt overlay of Paparanda Square- Nataco Junction.

Others crucial road projects receiving attention across the state include Umomi-Ejule – Anyigba Road; Dekina Township road; Ibana-Okpo-Ogugu-Ete Road; Old Egwume Road; Ofejikpi Road and Ankpa-Abejukolo Road.

Governor Bello has a little over two years to round off his maximum term of eight years. He has raised the stake of governance and demystified the complexities of office. Whoever will come after him will have his job cut out for him, in terms of being able to meet up with the work rate, work ethic and dedication of Governor Bello.

We won’t vote for presidential candidate above 55 years

Leave a Comment / Politics / June 6, 2022 / 2 minutes of reading

Nigerian Youth Collective Action, has said that it won’t vote for any presidential candidate above the age of 55 years in the 2023 general election.

The group, which comprises youths drawn from the 19 Northern States and Abuja, made this known shortly after a two-day meeting which was held at the Arewa House, Kaduna on Friday.

The group expressed anger that despite Buhari signing the Not Too Young to Run Bill into law, the youths were technically knocked out of the 2023 presidency through the prohibitive sale of nomination forms by the major political parties.

Although the youth made no mention of any candidate in particular, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who is above 60 years of age, has emerged as the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party.

Atiku’s running mate in the 2019 presidential election and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, whose age is above 55, picked the presidential ticket of the Labour Party, among others.

But a communique read out by the Spokesperson of the group, Aliyu Mohammed-Sani, said one of the major problems in the country was because many older people were in charge of the nation’s affairs which necessitated the need for a young generation of leaders come 2023.

Against this background, Mohmmed-Sani noted that they would mobilise against any presidential candidate above the age of 55 years in the 2023 presidency.

The 9-point-Communique read in part, “As Northern youths, we condemn in strong terms, the failure of some political parties to follow the demands of Nigerian youths, for a generational shift in leadership and their subsequent selection of old candidates, some close to 80 years old, for the next presidential election.

“Northern Nigerian Youths will ignore, avoid, and not vote for political parties that field candidates that are above 55 years of age as their presidential candidates.

“One of the major things causing problems in this country today is because many old people are in charge of our national affairs who are not in tune with the current global governance practices, hence, the need for a young generation of leaders, come 2023.

“Northern Nigerian youths shall mobilise for, support and vote parties that field only young candidates especially presidential candidates.”

NEPC, KEDA, CBN, NASSI TO ESTABLISH EXPORT…

Leave a Comment / Business / June 4, 2022 / 2 minutes of reading

NEPC, KEDA, CBN, NASSI TO ESTABLISH EXPORT PROCESSING VILLAGE IN KOGI STATE

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) in partnership with Kogi Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI) to start the implementation process of Export Processing Village (EPV) in Kogi State.

This was disclosed in a stakeholders engagement/focal group session on export processing village organised by NEPC which took place at AKK Hotel, Lokoja on Thursday, 2nd June, 2022.

Speaking at the meeting, Nigeria Export Promotion Council Trade Promotion Advisor Lokoja Smart Office; Mrs Amina Abdulmalik noted the export potentials in the state and the best way to harness these potentials by transforming the state into a processing hub for export. She further stated the roles of private partners and the critical roles the government and regulatory agencies need to play to actualize the export dream.

According to her, this necessitated the stakeholders engagement to further discuss ways to actualize this objective.

The Kogi Enterprise Development Agency, MD/CEO, Hajiya Rekiya Onaivo Sanni represented by the Executive Director, Operations, Mr Akinola Akinyemi alongside Mr Ogu Daniel, Head, ICT Enhancement, and Mr Dahiru Ohinoyi, Field Operations Manager commended the efforts of NEPC in fostering business growth in the State. She highlighted some of the efforts of KEDA so far in helping MSMEs in the State, which include: the sensitization programmes for the implementation of Kogi COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (KG-CARES) as well as other SME policies geared toward stimulating the economy of Kogi State.

The EPV has been segmented and the project will be implemented across Kogi State.

Signed: Media Team,

Kogi Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA)

Video Update on GYB Model Science Secondary School, Lokoja, Kogi Stat.

Leave a Comment / Education / June 2, 2022 / 1 minute of reading

Status: completed. GYB Model Science Secondary School, Lokoja, Kogi Stat.

Education is the bedrock of development and the building block for nations.

It plays a pivotal role in increasing knowledge and skills, which in turn lead to increased productivity and the economic advancement of the society.

Over the years, the quality of education in our country, particularly in our public schools have been on the decline due to low levels of investments and quality assurance in the education sector.

The Nigerian educational sector is currently facing a lot of challenges that require serious and urgent attention. Some of the key challenges facing the educational sector in Nigeria range from poor funding, outdated teaching materials, and a dearth of qualified personnel. In addition, Nigeria has the highest number of out-of-school children in the world. This situation needs to be addressed urgently to avert the future negative impact of a generation of uneducated citizens in a knowledge-based world.

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MSME Awards 2022, KEDA.

Leave a Comment / Business / June 2, 2022 / 2 minutes of reading

MSME Awards 2022: KEDA Commences Technical Support for Kogi Enterpreneurs

Entrepreneurs in Kogi State have started receiving technical support from Kogi Enterprise Development Agency, KEDA to achieve better outing at the 5th National MSME Award slated for 27th June, 2022.

Hajiya Rekiya Onaivo Sanni, MD/CEO who chaired the one-on-one strategic meeting with select enterprenuers called on all enterprenuers to view it an opportunity to showcase Kogi state in a positive light as well as their businesses to the world.

The MSME award is an initiative of the Federal Government of Nigeria held annually, May 27th in commemoration of the International MSME Day. Application starts on May 19th till June 12th, 2022.

The KEDA boss intimated the MSEs community about the eligibility criteria and the categories of business to be considered for entries listed included but not limited to creative arts, manufacturing, fashion and style, wood works, leather works, technology, beauty and wellness.

Hajiya Rekiya sensitized enterprenuers on the Award Entry requirements stating that she applicants must be 18 years and above and must be a Nigerian with viable business idea.

She added that part of the regulatory requirements included

CAC, Tax Clearance, SON, NAFDAC; according to her are dependable on specific products and services rendered.

She went further to intimate enterprenuers on the Video Entry Requirement. She said video must not exceed two (2) minutes.

In the next one week, the agency shall provide pen-and-paper supports to eligible applicants including access to micro grants to facilitate ease of this process for Kogi entrepreneurs.

Visit www.msmeclinics.gov.ng to apply.

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Yahaya Bello For President.

Leave a Comment / Politics / May 30, 2022 / 3 minutes of reading

The Yahaya Bello Manifesto, otherwise known as ‘The Roadmap to Hope’ is a grand vision for a more peaceful, secured, united and prosperous Nigeria. This Roadmap focuses on key priorities of a Yahaya Bello Presidency to bring about visible, tangible, and sustainable development across all sectors of our economy.

DIVERSITY

From her first day in office, the administration will assemble a team of patriotic and passionate Nigerians drawn from across the length and breadth of our national diversity with the requisite qualifications, skills, experience, and exposure required to achieve the results we need.

SECURITY AND PEACE

We will immediately focus on ensuring the complete security of lives and property of all citizens and inhabitants of our territory by revitalizing our national security architecture from the grassroots to the national level. Under my leadership, insecurity by whatever name it is called will be brought to an abrupt end (a cursory look at my performance as Governor of Kogi State in the last six years shows that I can deliver on this promise).

INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Our leadership will bridge the infrastructure gap in the nation in roads, rails, waterways, aviation, power, and utilities. We will consolidate on the achievements of the current administration in infrastructure and ensure a proper maintenance culture.

JOB CREATION AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY

Our government will create the enabling environment for the private sector to thrive thereby creating jobs and gainful employment for our teeming unemployed youths in modern agriculture, manufacturing, services, information and communications technology, creative arts, and entrepreneurship. We will support and promote the growth of the manufacturing sector through functional incentives and policies.

EDUCATION

We will continue the ongoing revitalization and upgrade of our educational institutions from primary to tertiary level. We pledge to continue providing free and compulsory basic education in partnership with state governments, subsidize senior secondary and tertiary education and promote technical and vocational education.

HEALTH

We will revitalize our health sector to provide exceptional medical services for our citizens. Our primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare sectors will be recalibrated to function effectively. We will strengthen our health insurance scheme towards promoting universal health coverage.

POWER

Our government will increase the level of investment in power generation, transmission, and distribution to improve the level of power supply in the country. We will also continue to invest in the development and deployment of alternative clean energy sources to promote environmental sustainability.

OIL AND GAS

Our government will ensure the full implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act signed by the current administration towards the efficient operations of the oil and gas sector. We shall pursue a policy of zero importation of refined petroleum products within our first term in office. We will ensure that host communities witness increased Federal Government-led interventions to ameliorate the impact of environmental degradation due to oil and gas exploitation.

HOUSING

We will actively promote mass housing development projects and make home ownership feasible for the working-class through housing finance.

YOUTH INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT

As a youthful president, I will connect with our predominantly youthful population to harness their positive energies for national development. Our government will also work to create gainful employment and entrepreneurship opportunities and support for Nigerian Youths.

WOMEN INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT

Our leadership will ensure increased participation of Women in government. I pledge that the affirmative action threshold of 35% stipulated by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the baseline for women in our government, rather than the ceiling.

CONCLUSION

In summary, I will provide uncommon leadership to harness our massive human capital and material endowments to bring about a quantum of development in a manner never witnessed before in Nigeria. I therefore solicit your support for our aspiration to win the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) Presidential ticket and subsequently the 2023 Presidential election so that together we can build the Nigeria of our dreams.

Yahaya Bello April 2022.

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