Kogi Governor Usman Ododo says improved revenue allocation under Tinubu has helped his government pay salaries and execute infrastructure projects
Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has attributed his administration’s ability to pay workers’ salaries promptly while executing infrastructure projects to improved revenue allocation under President Bola Tinubu’s government.
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Ododo made the statement during a meeting with members of the Kogi State chapter of Arewa for Asiwaju (A4A) at the Government House Banquet Hall in Lokoja.
The governor said increased revenue available to the state had strengthened its capacity to meet salary obligations without slowing down infrastructure development.
“We are paying salaries and still doing projects. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu made it possible,” he said.
He added that the improved revenue had given his administration greater financial capacity to fulfil its obligations to workers while continuing development projects.
The meeting also provided an opportunity for A4A to unveil its organisational structure and grassroots mobilisation strategy ahead of the 2027 general elections.
The group’s state coordinator, Abdulkareem Mohammed, popularly known as Asuku, said it was targeting 200 votes from each polling unit across Kogi State.
With 3,508 polling units in the state, he projected a total target of 701,600 votes for the group’s mobilisation efforts.
Asuku explained that the organisation had established a structure extending from the state level to individual polling units, with 10 representatives and 10 women representatives assigned to each unit.
He said members would embark on extensive grassroots engagements across the state’s local government areas, spending several days in each location to present what they described as the achievements of the Tinubu and Ododo administrations.
“The projects executed by the Ododo administration, with support from the Federal Government, will form a major part of our campaign message as we engage residents across the state,” he said.
The group also announced appointments into its state executive structure.
Barikisu Ohunene Aliyu, Alfa Momoh Rabiu and Femi Stephen Owoniyi were named deputy state coordinators for Kogi Central, East and West respectively.
Yakubu Siaka Adabenege was appointed Director of Finance and Resource Mobilisation, while Kingsley Fanwo was named Director of Communication and Media.
Ahmadu Jibril will serve as Deputy Director of Communication and Media.
Other directorates include women affairs, youth affairs, student affairs, business and professional affairs, religious affairs, traditional groups, operations and logistics, civil society, mobilisation, research and strategy.
Anthony Edogbo was named the group’s State Secretary, with deputy directors appointed across the three senatorial districts for several directorates.
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The mobilisation plan comes as political groups begin organising ahead of the 2027 elections, with A4A seeking to use its polling-unit structure to promote the records of the Tinubu and Ododo administrations.
