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Kogi 2017 Budget Presentation: Full Text of Gov Bello’s Speech

Budget of New Direction TEXT OF A SPEECH BY THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF KOGI STATE, HIS EXCELLENCY, YAHAYA BELLO, AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE KOGI STATE YEAR 2017 BUDGET...

N10bn Lokoja, Baro, Ogoja Ports To Be Ready in 2017 – NIWA

The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) says that works on the N10 billion inland ports under construction in Lokoja, Baro and Ogoja will be completed in 2017....

Kogi Gov Presents N174.9 billion Budget for 2017

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Thursday presented an Appropriation Bill of N174.9 billion to the state House of Assembly for deliberation and approval for the 2017...

Aspirant Condemns ‘Illegal’ NAKOSS Election, Calls for ‘Proper Process’

By Adewale Ibrahim. …Predators Auctioned NAKOSS for N2m The recent crisis that engulfed National Association of Kogi State Students, NAKOSS, is yet to subside as a...

Kogi, Edo to Get Fresh Revenue as FG Approves 13% Derivation for Non-oil Producing States

The federal government has given approval for the implementation of the constitutionally guaranteed 13 per cent derivation from mineral revenues to deserving states....

Opinion: Kogi Govt Paid Salary of Selected Few, Leaving Majority of Pensioners and Workers in Bad State as Year Ends

It was unfortunate that despite the bailout funds received by the state, Governor Yahaya Bello could not pay off all the outstanding salaries in the state. Bello who...

Kogi Doubles Internally Generated Revenue

The government of Kogi State says the innovations it brought to its revenue generation and taxation has led to significant improvements in its Internally Generated...

Kogi, Signs MoU With Innoson on Refuse Bins

The Kogi Government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company Limited  for the supply of refuse bins. The...

J.F.O Pleads With Kogi Governor’s Wife to Beg Her Husband to Pay Civil Servants

Kogi state musical icon and northern Nigerian entertainment ambassador, Baba Ojonugwa (JFO) has pleaded with the first lady of Kogi state, Hajiya Rashidat Bello to beg...

Request for Expression of Interest for Focal NGO Under NEWMAP in Kogi State

PROJECT ID: P124905 REFERENCE: KGSPMU/CQS/15/01 This request for expression of interest follows the update of the general procurement notice for this project that...