By Abah Benjamin Eneojoh
While, Ofu LGA
Nov 5, 2026
Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to grassroots financial growth with the empowerment of over one thousand youths and petty merchants throughout Kogi East Senatorial District. The programme, held in Ejule, Ofu Local Government Area, featured the distribution of bikes and ₦50,000 money assist to petty merchants to strengthen small companies, enhance rural transportation and create sustainable livelihood alternatives.
Speaking through the empowerment programme, Governor Ododo appreciated the individuals of Ofu for his or her continued assist, assuring them that his administration had not uncared for the realm regardless of his incapacity to go to earlier. He highlighted ongoing interventions in healthcare and schooling, describing Ofu as a strategic neighborhood in Kogi’s historical past and growth.
The Governor, who emphasised the significance of peace and safety as foundations for growth, recommended the individuals for his or her cooperation with safety businesses. He urged beneficiaries to make productive use of the empowerment gadgets, noting that small alternatives, when correctly managed, might develop into profitable companies and remodel households.
Ododo additionally applauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the financial reforms that had strengthened the capability of state governments to increase assist to atypical Nigerians. He urged the individuals to assist the President past 2027, whereas interesting for unity among the many totally different ethnic teams in Kogi State, stressing that political variations ought to by no means destroy their bonds of brotherhood.
Welcoming the Governor, Deputy Governor, Comrade Joel Salifu Oyibo, described the go to as historic and recommended Ododo for his dedication to safety, infrastructure and financial empowerment. He highlighted ongoing initiatives in Ejule, together with a significant healthcare facility, the revitalisation of the Anyigba Road borehole, and the development and renovation of Ofuloko Primary School, alongside different neighborhood interventions. He additionally praised the Governor’s safety efforts, notably the restoration of ammunition and arrest of suspected criminals in Edimogo, Ofu LGA.
The Deputy Governor additional described Ododo as a noiseless achiever whose efficiency had continued to talk louder than criticism, whereas appreciating former Governor Yahaya Bello for offering the state with a pacesetter dedicated to sustaining growth. He referred to as on the individuals of Kogi East to keep up their assist for the administration, assuring them of continued consideration to their welfare and growth wants.
Also talking on the occasion, Kogi East APC Senatorial Candidate, Chief Joseph Erico Ameh, showered encomiums on Governor Ododo for his people-oriented management and constant dedication to empowering the grassroots. He notably thanked the Governor for extending financial alternatives to ladies and youths and, in an indication of his assist for the initiative, donated ₦50,000 every to 200 ladies to additional increase their petty buying and selling companies.
