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INGRA Report: Kogi State Debt Profile and Need for Accountability, Transparency

According to the Debt Management Office (DMO), the statutory body responsible for coordinating the debt management for Nigeria and all its sub national entities, the...

Increased Taxation and the Effects on Food Inflation in Kogi State

The recent National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) data on inflation (Core and food inflation) shows that there is an increase nationally from 14.23% in October to 14.89% n...

Kogi: Likelihood of Credible Council Polls Slim Without Card Readers – INGRA

A civil society organization, Initiative for Grassroot Advancement (INGRA) has picked holes in the decision of Kogi State Independent Electoral Commission (KOSIEC) on...

Needless Violence, Looting and Death in Lokoja

The deadly violence and death and looting that has occurred in Lokoja on Sunday 25th and Monday 26th October 2020, has raised once again the concern of well meaning...

INGRA, CHRCR Condemns Unprovoked Attacks on Worshippers in Kogi

Initiative for Grassroot Advancement in Nigeria (INGRA) has condemned the inhuman attack on religious gathering in Anyigba, Kogi state by political thugs. In a statement...

Kogi Elections, Supreme Court Ruling and the Burden of Governance

The recent Supreme Court judgments on the November 2020 Kogi State Governorship elections have put to rest the legal tussles for who leads the state executive. It has...

Kogi Women Recommends Death Sentence for Rape Offenders

To check rampant rape cases, women in Kogi State have appealed to the state government to stop giving amnesty to rapists, but rather sentence them to death or life...

COVID-19: INGRA Calls on Govt, Police to Investigate Security Breach at FMC Lokoja

Fight against COVID-19 should be led by science and not emotion or personal sentiments A non-governmental organization, Initiative for Grassroot Advancement in Nigeria...

LG Polls: INGRA Raises Concern Over Non-inclusion of Women, CSO in Kogi SIEC

A civil society organization, Initiative for Grassroot Advancement (INGRA) has described the nomination of members for the Kogi State Independent Electoral commission...

2020 Budget: CSO Queries N2.194b Allocation for Kogi Deputy Governor’s Office

A civil society organization, Initiative For Grassroot Advancement In Nigeria (INGRA) has frowned at the budgetary allocations for the office of the Deputy Governor of...