Kogi to become epic centre for infrastructural development, Commissioner

By Jide Afolabi.

Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, announces that kogi will soon be regarded as the center of construction, as the state embarks on infrastructural development.

In a statement on Friday, Mr Kingsley stated that the infrastructural project was targeted at “building on the massive, but silent achievements of Gov. Yahaya Bello’s Administration’s achievements during his first term.

Fanwo said the state government was building upon giant strides of Governor Yaya Bello in his first term in office, adding that the infrastructure development plan was becoming more visible and magnificent.

“We completed quite a number of road projects in the first term across the three Senatorial Districts. We also built a good number of hospitals, schools and the second largest, but the best Rice Mill in Northern Nigeria.

‘“The Governor did not make noise about these gigantic achievements, but the people responded with their resounding votes,” he analyzed .

According to Fanwo, kogi state is experiencing a huge emancipation of constructive project on schools, roads as well as hospitals.

“We have gone far with our Referral Hospital in Okene, as well as the Zonal Hospitals at Idah, Isanlu and Koton-karfe. These are modeled to be some of the best in the country, and they will all be ready this year.

“We are also remodeling the State Specialist Hospital, working on the Kogi State University Teaching Hospital, and our intention is to empower Kogi State to become the medical hub of the nation,” Fanwo said.

He stressed out that none of the previous administration has been able to achieve the length of what Bello’s Administration has been an to achieve.

The government put in place infrastructure for the CUSTECH in record time. Today, Kogites are proud of what we have achieved there,” he said.

He said that the government was also constructing roads across its three senatorial districts, such as Lokoja Township Roads, Kabba Township Roads, Okene, Olamaboro, Omala, and many other roads currently undergoing reconstruction.

“The Yahaya Bello Administration is also about to complete Operation Light Up Kogi East Project, an ambitious electrification project that is connecting over 200 communities in Kogi East to the National Grid. The project is at 95 per cent completion level.

“For the administration to achieve this much, a lot of financial engineering and fiscal responsibility have been observed.

“Global rating bodies have continued to rate Kogi as one of the top three in the areas of transparency and accountability.”

Fanwo thanked Kogi people for their support and cooperation with the contractors handling those projects and also assured that the governor till his last second in office will continue to serve the people of Kogi tirelessly.