An Igala socio-cultural youths
organisation, the Ojuju-Agbadufu Igala, in Kogi, has called on Gov. Yahaya
Bello to ensure more security presence in the eastern part of the state.
The call is contained in a communique from a meeting of the
organisation held on Monday, in Anyigba. Signed by Mr Moses Idakwo, its Clerk, the group decried the
rising spate of kidnappings and other criminal activities in Igala land, and
called for special government attention to check the trend.
It stated that security presence was not being felt in the
eastern senatorial district, and urged the government to take urgent measures
that would secure lives and property.
The group also called on the Kogi Government to pay more
attention to the welfare of workers and pensioners, noting that the two groups
had done much to the state and deserved their entitlements.
It also advised the state government to follow due process in
its resolve to to lay off workers, and particularly criticised the unending
staff screening exercise which, it said, had caused hardship to innocent
people.
The group expressed reservation over the manner political
appointments in Kogi were being handled, and alleged that Igala, the largest
group in the state, was not getting the deserved attention.
The organisation, however, commended President Muhammadu Buhari
for nominating Prof. Stephen Ocheni for appointment as minister, to replace the
late James Ocholi, and urged the National Assembly to screen and confirm him
“as soon as possible”. Kogi State has been excluded from the Federal Executive Council
for over a year now; we want an end to that, it said.
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