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The Speaker, Kogi State House Assembly, Rt. Hon. Matthew Kolawole has assured the management of Kogi State College of Education (Technical), Kabba of the support of the legislative arm of government in her quest to offer top quality technical education.
Kolawole made this known when he paid an unscheduled visit to the college.
The Provost of the College, Mrs. Victoria Jagboro thanked the Speaker for the visit and implored him to use his office to lobby relevant government agencies for the development of the College.
The Provost hinted that work is ongoing in the permanent site of the college and thanked the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for his readiness to ensure speedy completion of works in the permanent site. She told the Speaker that Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) donated internet facility to the college and enjoined members of the public, corporate bodies and well meaning individuals to come into partnership with the college saying that doing so will bring about rapid development of the college.
She informed the visiting lawmaker that the college matriculated 354 students on the 7th of September, 2017. She stated further that the increase in enrollment makes urgent and fast-tracked development of the college imperative.
The Speaker thanked the Provost for the great job done noting that the upsurge in the number of matriculated students is a testimony to this.
He tasked the Provost to continue to initiate policies and programmes that will continue to boost the image of the college, saying that the college has never had it so good.
Rt. Hon Kolawole assured the Provost of total legislative cooperation that will assist in fast-tracking the development of the institution. He promised to donate a laptop computer to the college as his widow’s mite.
In a related development, the Speaker donated a motorbike to Mr. Oluyori Dan Kotiko. The donation was made at the Place of Oba of Gbeleko, HRH Oba Akin Obamero.
Presenting the motorcycle, the Speaker informed the gathering that the donation was part of his constituency project and a fulfilment of a promise he made to the beneficiary during his Inter-college quiz competition in March 2017 when he noticed the transportation challenges faced by Mr. Dan Kotiko. He however promised to continue to put smiles on faces of his constituents. The Speaker informed that he would soon roll out his widows’ empowerment scheme among others.
In his reaction, the beneficiary, Mr. Oluyori Dan Kotiko thanked the Speaker for fulfilling his promise, he charged him never to relent in giving as everything everyone does is not without reward(s) both here and hereafter.
Oba Obamero thanked the Speaker for exhibiting uncommon traits of politicians and enjoined him not to relent in his philanthropic gestures. He appealed to everyone to team up with the Speaker to move the constituency forward.
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