By Abah Benjamin Eneojoh
Government House, Lokoja
October 30, 2026
In a significant welfare enhance for federal civil servants serving in Kogi State, Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo has ordered the fast allocation of land to them to construct their very own houses.
The Governor gave the directive on Friday when he obtained 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 employees within the state as important companions in growth, stated 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 power be reserved solely for feminine college students.
He recommended the Association for its Corporate Social Responsibility drive, which incorporates establishing a main college and buying land for the coed hostel challenge.
According to the Governor, his administration is not going to abandon the first college earlier demolished to make means 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 stated could 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 information.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Association and Kogi State Coordinator of the Federal Character Commission, Mr. Gabriel Usman, disclosed that Kogi hosts 114 federal companies.
Usman stated the Association’s interventions in training have been deliberate efforts to enhance the state authorities’s growth 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.
