In a quest to enhance educational development in the state, Kogi State government has promised to support members of Igbo community in the state capital to establish a school.
In line with this, Alhaji Idris has promised to provide the group with a piece of land, a bus with a cash support of N5 million as well as a promise to appoint a member of the community into his cabinet and increase their slot of holy pilgrimage.
Alhaji Idris who made the promise while receiving members of Igbo community association, Lokoja, who were in Government House on solidarity visit recently, particularly thanked the group for its support and contribution to his administration.
According to him, members of the group were playing a vital role in boosting the socio-economic status of the state as such, he promised to allocate them locked-up shops at the International Market.
The governor then used the forum to enjoin all ethnic groups in the state to imbibe the culture of peaceful co-existence and brotherliness in the interest of progress of the state and the nation at large.
Earlier, the leader of the delegation and President-General, Igbo Community Association, Lokoja, Chief Okoronkwo Achinuvu, commended the state governor for his land-mark achievements in the state. He pledged the loyalty of his community to the administration.