Am so please using this medium to shout a warming voice to my brothers and sisters from Kogi state -KOGITES
Before I go into the crux of my abstract, I will like to share a little idea about Kogi State.
Kogi State was inaugurated on the 27th August, 1991. Its located in the Central Region of Nigeria and created from the part of Kwara and Benue State. Its popularly called the Confluence State because the confluence of River Niger and River Benue is at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative Capital of the modern day Nigeria. Its posses a mass area of 29,833km° with a population (2005 Consensus) of approximately 3,595,798. Kogi consist of Twenty-One Local Government Area out of the Seven hundred and Seventy-four Local Government Area in Nigeria. There are three main ethnic groups and Languages in Kogi, such as ,Igala, Ebira (which am part of) and Okun, with other minorities like, Bassa, Nupe, Ogugu, Gwari, Kakanda, Oworo, Ogori Mangongon and Eggan. Kogi state is the only state in Nigeria that shares boundary with about ten states, they includes, Benue, Kwara, Anambra, Enugu, Edo, Ekiti, Niger, Nassarawa, FCT.
Its being noted that no Nation is Impeccable, Yes, I believe, for its impossible for a Nation to exist with no shortcomings. A State can either be at a Poor stage, a Mediocre or at an Advance point depending on its adherence and capacity.
One of the major problem Kogi has gone through since it creation is Leadership Mismanagement and Resource Dysfunctionalism. Kogi State precisely has suffered a lot on the part of Lack of Effective Political Resources and Management Resources. This has cut across other institutes and sub-institutes like, Education, Economy, Agriculture, Industrialization, Power, Mining among others.
Our Education Sector as an instance contemporaneously is a challenging scenario, fact has it that Kogi Educational Sector is 75% deficient. Existing the fact that we posses two of Nigeria power station in Gerugu, Kogi State, all together of about 848MW, still we can’t satisfy a benefiting power supply within the State.
Kogi State is bless with Aquatic Resources, Agricultural Qualities, Mining, Industry and Tourism Potentials yet we are still retardiating. Obviously our problem isn’t lack of resources or how to acquire resources but rather its resource management and planning.
Our state presently is loosing its virtues and possessions as a Kingdom Of Great Intellects (K.O.G.I). I impartially knows that inhabitants of Kogi state are very hard working people, self oriented, possessions of individual skills, intellectual ability, full of charisma, entrepreneurship management potentials among others. So if I may ask, ‘What have come over us? We need to embrace our differences and work together for the prosperity of our land. I belief in the thesis that, “Ones Consciousness Determines his or her Existence” because what we will become of depends on what we believe on.
Together we can rebuild a prospect Kingdom of Great Intellects. Let’s stand with one voice towards fulfilling a dignified home of ours. Positivity must come to reign and stay in our land. Together we can make the Positive Change.
– Article By A Self -Acclaimed Ambassador For Positive Change Amb. Bello Festus
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