Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has attributed his administration’s ability to pay workers’ salaries promptly while delivering infrastructure projects to improved revenue allocations under President Bola Tinubu’s government.
The governor made the remarks on Friday when he received members of the executive committee of Arewa for Asiwaju (A4A), Kogi State Chapter, at the Government House Banquet Hall in Lokoja.
Ododo explained that the increase in funds available to the state had enhanced his government’s ability to fulfil its financial commitments to workers while maintaining the pace of infrastructure development.
He said, “We are paying salaries and still doing projects. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made it possible.
“We now have increased revenue available to the state, which has strengthened our capacity to meet our financial obligations to workers without compromising infrastructure development.”
Meanwhile, the State Coordinator of A4A, Abdulkareem Mohammed, popularly known as Asuku, presented the organisation’s leadership structure and detailed its grassroots mobilisation plans ahead of the 2027 general elections.
Asuku disclosed that the group was targeting 200 votes from every polling unit in the state, with an overall projection of 701,600 votes from Kogi’s 3,508 polling units.
He explained that the organisation had developed a mobilisation network covering the state, local government areas and individual polling units. Each polling unit, he said, would have 10 representatives alongside 10 women representatives.
“We will embark on extensive grassroots engagements, moving from one local government area to another and spending days in each location to showcase the achievements of the Tinubu and Ododo administrations.
“The projects executed by the Ododo administration, with support from the Federal Government, will form a major part of our campaign message as we engage residents across the state,” he said.
Unveiling the group’s leadership arrangement, Asuku named Hon. Barikisu Ohunene Aliyu, Hon. Alfa Momoh Rabiu and Hon. Femi Stephen Owoniyi as deputy state coordinators for Kogi Central, East and West senatorial districts, respectively.
Other appointments include Hon. Yakubu Siaka Adabenege as Director of Finance and Resource Mobilisation, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo as Director of Communication and Media, and Ahmadu Jibril as Deputy Director of Communication and Media.
The organisational structure also features directorates responsible for women affairs, youth affairs, student affairs, business and professional affairs, religious affairs, traditional groups, operations and logistics, civil society, mobilisation, research and strategy, among other areas.
Hon. Dr Anthony Edogbo was appointed State Secretary, while deputy directors were also assigned to various directorates across the three senatorial districts.
Those who attended the meeting included former Kogi State Deputy Governor and Board Member of the South East Development Commission, Chief Edward Onoja; Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo; Chief of Staff to the Governor, Chief Ali Bello; and Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Yusuf Umar Aliyu.
Several other political figures and government officials were also present at the gathering.