Kogi State Government has directed civil servants on Grade Level 1 – 13 to stay off offices for 14 days as from Monday, March 23 as part of efforts to prevent the spread of Coronavirus to the state. The state Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, made the announcement in a statement on […]
After many months without salaries, workers in ministries, departments and agencies in Kogi are to be paid part of their salaries. Kogi State Government, on Tuesday, commenced table payment of all its workers as part of efforts to clean the payroll of ghost workers. The Secretary to the State Government, Mrs Folashade Ayoade, who made […]
The House of Representatives has mandated its Ad Hoc Committee on Bail-out Funds to investigate non-payment of salaries of Kogi State workers and report back within one week. The House also mandated the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to within one week report and explain the utilisation of Salary Bail-out Fund given to states. The […]
Idris Ahmed, Lokoja Despite huge resources to mobilise security to combat banditry and violent crimes by the Kogi state government, the security situation has recently escalated. On Monday, two policemen attached to Dangote construction site were killed, while the Portuguese expatriates they were guarding were kidnapped by unknown gunmen. They were said to be attacked […]