By Abah Benjamin Eneojoh
Government House, Lokoja
October 30, 2026
In a serious welfare enhance for federal civil servants serving in Kogi State, Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has ordered the rapid allocation of land to them to construct their very own houses.
The Governor gave the directive on Friday when he acquired members of the Association of Heads of Federal Establishments in Kogi State at Government House, Lokoja.
Governor Ododo, who described the over 25,000 federal staff within the state as essential companions in improvement, mentioned his administration is dedicated to bettering their residing and dealing circumstances.
Beyond land allocation, the Governor pledged to assist the Association’s plan to construct a personal hostel for college students of the Federal University Lokoja (FUL), with a transparent instruction that the ability be reserved solely for feminine college students.
He recommended the Association for its Corporate Social Responsibility drive, which incorporates establishing a major college and buying land for the scholar hostel challenge.
According to the Governor, his administration won’t abandon the first college earlier demolished to make approach for the brand new International Market. He has directed the Commissioner for Education to make sure its continued operation in a brand new location.
He additionally promised to help in finishing the hostel challenge, which the Association mentioned may have two blocks and accommodate 68 college students, to ease the lodging disaster going through FUL college students.
Governor Ododo additional promised to supply Hajj and Jerusalem pilgrimage slots for members and urged them to at all times assess management by efficiency and monitor data.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Association and Kogi State Coordinator of the Federal Character Commission, Mr. Gabriel Usman, disclosed that Kogi hosts 114 federal businesses.
Usman mentioned the Association’s interventions in schooling had been deliberate efforts to enhance the state authorities’s improvement agenda.
He listed their requests to incorporate assist for the hostel challenge, a bus for the Association’s actions, extra land for members, pilgrimage alternatives, and the appointment of a Special Adviser on Federal Establishments from amongst their members.
