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Kogi State Government has pledged to assist women farmers to embark on mechanized farming as part of the state’ s agricultural road map toward food security. The state ’s Commissioner for Agriculture , Dr Tim Diche, made this pledge at the bi-monthly meeting of the State Agriculture Vision Group, Core Delivery Team, Agriculture Innovative Team and key stakeholders at Lokoja on Saturday 22nd Oct., 2016. The meeting was facilitated by Synergos, a global Non - Governmental Organisation ( NGO ), partnering with Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ( BMGF) , on the State Partnership for Agriculture ( SPA ) , project . The commissioner , represented by Dr Isah Ochepa , Acting Permanent Secretary in the ministry, said the women were coming up and very interested adding that with factorisation , they would do excellently. Mrs Bolanle Ampitan, Kogi state Commissioner for Women and Social Development, urged that seminars and workshops be organised for women farmers to sensitize them on...

By Pharm. Abdulkareem Asuku Jamiu FPANS, MPSN Lokoja. Sir, with much respect and honour, I found it necessary to write to you at this crucial moment over the recent activities of APC in Kogi State of which if nothing is done may definitely have a negative effect on the success of APC in the forthcoming gubernatorial election. The fact the the good people of Kogi state have unanimously embraced the party as demonstrated by their performance in the last general election where APC virtually sweeped all the state and national assembly seats and deliver the presidential election for APC shows that they are indeed ready to repeat such in the next gubernatorial election using their PVC if only the party can afford the necessary preparations to attain that. First and foremost, during the screening to select candidates for senatorial seats across the state, the party APC demonstrated it readiness to maintain the spirit of zero tolerance for corruption by screening out ...

The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has warned politicans in Kogi State, to desist from mentioning the wife of Nigeria's President, Mrs Aisha Buhari in the issues concerning the state's governorship election petition tribunal. Aisha Buhari By Taboola Sponsored Links ‘Leave Aisha Buhari out of Kogi Election Petitions Tribunal’ ON June 6, 2016 8:55 PM / IN News / Comments The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency (CESJET) has warned politicans in Kogi State, to desist from mentioning the wife of Nigeria's President, Mrs Aisha Buhari in the issues concerning the state's governorship election petition tribunal. This is against the backdrop of rumours on online media that Mrs Buhari brokered a deal to buy the tribunal judgement for the state Governor, Mr Yahaya Bello. In a statement on Monday by its Executive Secretary, Comrade Ikpa Isaac, the CESJET said Mrs Buhari is not from Kogi State and therefore has no...