The Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Aliyu Umar Yusuf has congratulated the people of the State, Nigerians and the global community for witnessing the New Year, 2025.
This is contained in a press statement signed and made available to journalists in Lokoja by the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker, Yabagi Mohammed.
According to the statement, Rt Hon Umar stated that the past year brought some peculiarities with it and prayed that year 2025 would bring success and many reasons for the people of the State and the country to smile.
The statement further noted that while wishing the State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo a spectacular and Happy New Year, he prayed to Almighty God to grant the Governor the necessary wisdom and resources to continue to bring progress and development to the entire state.
He also used the occasion to wish the deputy governor, the deputy speaker of the State House of Assembly, principal officers and other members of the executive, legislative and the judicial arms of Kogi State government a fulfilling new year.
The Speaker further used the opportunity to charge the citizens on the need to continue to be good representatives of their communities by being patriotic and supportive of policies and programmes of government.
Rt Hon Umar noted that it was only through collective efforts that the state and the country could move forward, stressing that government is the responsibility of all.
He said the State House of Assembly under him shall continue to evolve legislations that would improve the lives of every Kogi citizen, as it is the vision of members of the current Assembly across the 25 Kogi State constituencies.
