Kogi Govt To Link Dekina Communities To National Grid

Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello has presented cheques worth millions of naira to Odu Ikaka and Odu Ajaruwa eke communities in Dekina local government area for the stepping down of electricity to these villages.

The project is to be implemented under the community and social development project funded by the Kogi State government.

Governor Bello, while speaking during the official presentation of cheques to the leaders of the two communities for the implementation of the projects in Lokoja, expressed his administration’s determination to invest in the transformation of the rural areas through the agency.

The governor who was represented by the state auditor-general, Alhaji Yakubu Yusuf Okala, observed that the electrification projects when completed would uplift the well-being of grassroots dwellers and boost their socio-economic status.

According to him, the projects would be finished in record time and the people will celebrate this year’s Christmas and New year with light in their houses asserting that it is in fulfilment of his campaign promises to the people.

‘’These two communities have lived for a decade without electricity due to political reasons of the immediate past administration of Capt. Idris Wada who hailed from the area, but Governor Yahaya Bello demystified all odds to bring comfort and succour to the populace through his administration’s doggedness and actions.’’

Bello admonished the two benefiting villages to adequately utilize the funds provided to them and equally assured the resolve of the present administration in allocating more resources to the agency in the fulfilment of its mandate to do more for rural areas.