Time for Kogi Govt to Fulfill Its Promises to the People

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Kogi state government, before 2019 governorship election in the state, made several promises of projects, which I welcomed so much,  believing that when these are completed it will serve as source of employment generation for our teeming youths.

One of such promises is the Idah-Agenebode bridge. It is meant to be on a Public Private Partnership arrangement. Yet, over a year after the ground breaking ceremony, no place has been marked for commencement of work.

The bridge, when completed, will serve as a super high way connecting the North and South, East and West of this country, thereby boosting economic activities of the immediate environment.

Where is the much talked  Ejiba Rice Mill, meant to generate over 6000 jobs for the our youths? The project, when completed and operating at full capacity, will serve as a source of additional revenue to the state, and increase food security in not only within the the state, but Nigeria at large.

We have the much publicized Alape Staple food processing zone, which was described as ‘an economic revolution’ by the state government. This has also been abandoned, with a colossal amount of the fund sunk into it.

I wish to remind the state government of these promises to the good people of the state, and encourage her to mobilise the contractors back to site. In so doing, our unemployed youths can get engaged in economic activities.

– Comrade Opaluwa Eleojo, a Criminologist and Security Analyst, writes from Lokoja.


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