The National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has granted permission to Kogi State to manage electricity generation and distribution.
Commissioner for Rural and Energy Development, Engineer Abdulmutalib Muhammed, announced this in Lokoja on Wednesday 20-11-2024 while briefing Newsmen immediately after the State Executive Council meeting.
He revealed that the State Executive Council has directed that the State Internally Displaced Camp should be electrified within one week.
Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, praised Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo for their round performance, emphasizing the need for an aggressive investment drive to improve the state’s economy and create job opportunities for youth, stressing that the state government remains committed to the security and wellbeing of its people.
Also speaking, Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Security, Timothy Ojona, revealed that the state government has invested over nine billion naira in food security, resulting in Kogi State having the lowest food inflation rate in the country.
This achievement, he said, is on the heels of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo’s wet season farming initiative, which invested over seven billion naira in farm inputs and deployed over 100 tractors across 7,324 hectares of farmland.
