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By Ismail M. Kabir The perennial water scarcity in Kogi central will soon be history as Kogi State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with an investment company for the reticulation of Osara Dam for the supply of potable water to the entire district. This revelation was made yesterday in Lokoja by the state's Commissioner for Water Resources, Barr. Abdulsalam Ozigi Deedat while fielding question from newsmen shortly after the signing of the MoU with Bilvisco Investment Ltd. Barr. Deedat described the moment as memorable and historic, owing to the long neglect of Osara Dam and its attendant water scarcity to the people of Kogi Central senatorial district over the years. The commissioner commended Gov. Yahaya Bello for his transformational policies that have attracted various investors to Kogi State. In his words, Barr. Deedat said that "Osara Dam will be reticulated and the pipeline will be extended to almost all parts of Kogi Central so that at the ...

Ifeoluwa Adeyemo Nigeria has recovered ownership of Ajaokuta Steel Company, ASC, and National Iron Ore Mining Company Limited, NIOMCO, Itakpe, following the resolution of a protracted legal dispute. The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at the maiden meeting of the National Council on Mining and Mineral Resources Development. He said Nigeria and Global Infrastructure Nigeria Limited, GINL, have signed a ‘Modified Concession Agreement’ resolving their protracted dispute on the two companies located in Kogi State. He said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo executed the agreement on behalf of the Federal Government. “With this development, both NIOMCO and Ajaokuta Steel Company Limited have now reverted to the Federal Government Nigeria, and we can now proceed to engage a new core investor with the financial and technical capacity to run the steel complex. “The operation of ASC will provide the needed inputs t...

Published by: Sundiatapost.com July 26, 2017 The Ebira Youth Congress in Kogi has appealed to the Federal Government to engage TyazhPromExport (TPE), a Russian company, on bilateral agreement to complete the moribund Ajaokuta Steel Company. Mr Baba Abdulrazak, President General of the congress, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja that government should meet with TPE construction company to complete the remaining two per cent work for Ajaokuta to become operational. He said the TPE company built Ajaokuta steel to its current level, adding that the Russians knew the remaining areas that should be completed. He said that the company should not only complete the project but government should also concession the steel company to TPE to operate the project after completion for few years. “The TPE is the original builder of Ajaokuta steel company; it has the requisite technology and manpower to bring the company on board. ” We are not against government...

Hon. Abdulrazaq The attention of the media unit of Okene Local government has been drawn to rumour and unfounded allegations making round on social media that, the Administrator of Okene Local government, Hon. (Mall.) Abdulrazaq Muhammad ordered his Personal Assistant to molest the Local government DLG, Hajia Hawawu Owuda. We wish to state that, the information is false and an attempt to blackmail and malign the Local government Administrator. Hon. Abdulrazaq by his nature and political history is a humble, religious and non violence politician who has since brought peace and decorum to the political atmosphere of Okene Local government. It is normal for public office holders to disagree in the course of their official assignment but what happened yesterday right inside the office of the Administrator was a clear case of affront and insubordination on the part of the DLG. Okene Local government Administrator by virtue of his appointment is the head of the Council an such, he ...

The Chief of Staff to Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, Hon. Edward Onoja speaks on Gov Yahaya Bello's fair governance of Kogi State while discouraging Kogites from passing negative comments on the state government. Watch video below:

By Baba Abdulrazak The Chairman of J.O Omuya Foundation, Chief (Dr.) J. O. Omuya, has challenged the generality of Ebira students to strive for academic excellence if they must distinguish themselves and be successful in life. The Chairman gave the charge during the occasion of issuance of cheques of various sums of money to  over twenty students who benefitted from the third edition of the Chief J.O Omuya scholarship scheme, a division of Chief J.O Foundation, today 20th May, 2017 at Afims Hotel, Okene. In his remarks, Chief (Dr.) J. O. Omuya explained that some of his bitter childhood experiences as a student largely informed his desire to operate the scholarship scheme. In his word, " I toiled so hard to scale through my elementary and secondary schools". "Sometimes, I had to go days without reasonable food and l did all sorts of menial jobs to survive", Chief Omuya submitted. Appealing to parents to give priority to the education their children, Chief Omuya ...

The executive chairman of Kogi Internal Revenue Service Board, ALHAJI OSENI YAKUBU*, who is known to be a young, active, diligent and humane to the services of the people and service to the New Direction government of His Excellency Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello. What gave birth to the upgrading of the commission? The former system lacks enough Staff and well trained staffs to undertake the system. On his resumption April 2016, the staffs' strength was at the range of motion 290 of which most of them are aged, untrained and the operation were manually carried out which was so slow to attain the Kogi state target. The most talked about and prominent among his achievements was the construction of the state revenue house that was highly financed and supported by the state government under the leadership of His Excellency Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello and coordinated by our visionary and humble chairman in person of Alhaji Oseni Yakubu. With the completions of the project, more graduates ...