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The Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Mohammed congratulated Muslims all across the Country, particularly faithfuls in Kogi State and Ankpa 1 constituency as we celebrate Eid El Kabir, while admonishing them to offer prayers for the country and Kogi State. According to him, Eid-el-Kabir is a time of spiritual reflection and self-improvement, urging them to imbibe the virtues of Prophet Ibrahim, who, in obedience to God’s directive, was ready to sacrifice his only son. He admonished the Muslim Ummah to reflect on the significance of the celebration, which he said bordered on encouraging piety, sacrifice and love, noting that without these, no state or society could advance. "The significance of the season should be beyond the festivities. The real essence is to encourage piety, total commitment to Allah, self-discipline and sacrifice,” the Ankpa 1 legislator said.   He advised muslims to observe strictly COVID 19 protocols during and after t...

The Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Mohammed appealed to the State Government to provide Operational Vehicles to Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation and other media houses respectively. The legislator who made his contribution on the floor of the house on Wednesday 22nd July, 2020 while the house committee chairman on Information, Strategy and Publicity, Hon. Musa Jimoh Omiata submitted a report of the committee on its oversight visit to Kogi State Radio Broadcasting Corporation FM 94.1, Lokoja and the three other booster stations at Ochaja, Egbe and Otite respectively. The Deputy Speaker said they is a need for each station to have an operational vehicle in addition with the one suggested for the Director General, Kogi State Broadcasting Corporation. According to him, this will booster their capability and repositioned them for proper news transmission, compare with similar outfits in other modern city-states. While commending the effort of t...

The Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly and legislator representing Ankpa 1 constituency, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Mohammed today in his hometown Abache - Ankpa LGA distributed Sallah Ram, food  items and cash to the people of his constituency. He said that the gesture was to assist his constituents at this trying times and  urged the beneficiaries to use the items to improve their standard of living and possibly assist others. According to him, the Sallah package distributed to various communities  include 200 bags of 25kg of rice, 100 bags of 25kg of millets, over 300 tubers of yam, Rams which were distributed to some beneficiaries and an undisclosed amount of money. The lawmaker also assured the people of his constituency of sound and quality representation at the state legislature in the interest of peace and development. He called on the people of his constituency and Nigerians to take caution by observing protocols and regulations set out by...

The Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Chief Edward David Onoja in the company of the Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Mohammed pays the last respect to the Late, Chief Justice Shaibu Atadoga who died on Sunday June 2nd 2020 after a brief illness. The late Justice Ibrahim Shaibu Atadoga who was the President of the Kogi State Customary Court of Appeal is a native of Omala L.G.A, he was instrumental to the creation of the Customary Court of Appeal in Kogi State. The Deputy Speaker further stated that Justice Atadoga possess unrival work ethic, indeed Kogi has loss great asset, the late legal luminary as an outstanding legal practitioner and an extremely strong voice in national affairs who carried itself with remarkable distinction, and the society will forever acknowledged its leadership role. He prayed to God Almighty to comfort all who are bereaved, and to grant the soul of his departed Lordship eternal rest in peace. AMEN...

The Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly and member representing Ankpa 1 state constituency, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Mohammed congratulated the acting rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Dr. Salisu Usman Ogbo for investing his wealth of academic, administrative and professional experiences in manners that would benefit staff and students of Kogi Poly Lokoja within three months in office. Dr. Ogbo, a man with robust academic and working credentials, hit the ground running immediately he assumed office, he embarked on certain radical review of some policies and actions and giving the polytechnic a new facelift. In his brief congratulatory message, the Ankpa 1 legislator describes Dr. Usman as a developmental bulldozer and a man whose programmes currently ongoing will reposition the institution and make it a reference point for the measurement of standard of performance in polytechnic administration in the country. He urge him to continue to invest his w...

Yann Martel, in his work “Life of Pi” made this wonderful remark, “Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud.” The above assertion rightly encapsulates the entire experience of man and exposes the vulnerability of his existence as a mighty valor that is utterly helpless at every encounter with the ultimate end, death. It is therefore with heavy hearts and in total submission to the will of the Almighty God, the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, that i received with a rude shock, the news of the transition of our colleague, a dynamic leader, a philanthropist of note and an elder statesman, Late Honorable Deacon John Abah. Honorable John Abah was a rare gem who championed a healthy legislative relationship between the members of the Kogi State House of Assembly, and h...

From Lokoja - The Deputy Speaker of Kogi State House of Assembly and member representing Ankpa 1 constituency, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Mohammed have congratulated Governor Yahaya Bello and his Deputy, H.E Chief Edward Onoja on the Appeal Court judgment in Abuja which affirmed his emergence as the governor of Kogi State. Describing the Unanimous judgement as a true reflection of the wishes of the people of the state, especially those at the grassroots, the Deputy Speaker appreciated the judiciary for rising up to its solemn responsibility of ensuring that justice prevails, stressing that the judgment was a clear indication that the third arm of government is the last hope of the common man. His words; "Today's judgement at the Court of Appeal against the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Engr. Musa Wada, Natasha Akpoti of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Action Peoples Party, (APP), Democratic Peoples' Party (DPP) is a clear indication that Govern...