Prof.
Aaron
Baba,
Special
Advicer
on Technological
Development
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Kogi State
Updated
December 1, 2008
VOL.
13 No. 747 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 17 - TUESDAY SEPTEMBER
22, 2008 ISSN 1116 - 7085 N70.00
Govt Pledges
Support for Igbo Community School
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.