- The bickering between the Kogi state government and labour unions in the state will be resolved soon
- This is according to the managing director, Kogi Agricultural Development Project (ADP), Oyisi Okatahi
- Okatahi also said Kogi is poised to be the leading agricultural state in Nigeria
The managing director, Kogi Agricultural Development Project (ADP),Oyisi Okatahi has assured that the lingering dispute between the Kogi state government and labour unions in the state would soon be over.
Okatahi gave the assurance at a one-day training on electronic agricultural extension programme for ADP workers held in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital.
He stated that Governor Yahaya Bello-led administration, labour leaders and well meaning stakeholders have been engaging in fruitful discussions to resolve the crisis.
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He also told his audience that significant progress has been made in the talks, stressing that details of the negotiations would soon be made known to the public.
His words: “The Kogi state government under the leadership of Governor Yahaya Bello is compassionate about the plight of the workers and very soon the issue would be resolved."
He also said Kogi was poised to be a leading agricultural state in Nigeria.
According to him, the governor had a great vision for agriculture in the state and the ADP was privileged to be the implementation arm, adding that the training would be replicated in all the zones across the state.
“The recently signed ethanol project using cassava and sugar cane is so large that farmers from neighbouring states will benefit from it and ADP workers will be in charge of the extension services.
“The technology will be a major tool to be applied by this government in achieving her agricultural revolution goal,” Okatahi said.
He revealed that a project tagged: “Fair Agric Project” would be launched during an agricultural summit holding on November 20 & 21, titled: “Agriculture: Investment Opportunities.”
Recall that labour leaders in the state on Wednesday, November 1, met with the chairman of Kogi West new direction advisory committee, Senator Smart Adeyemi, and the Kogi state deputy governor, Simon Achuba, with a view to finding a common ground to end the ongoing strike in the state.
The meeting also had in attendance, TUC state’s chairman, Ranti Ojo, the vice chairman of the state NLC and five executives of the labour union.
Meanwhile, a group of Kogi youths under the aegis of Kogi Youth Movement for Credible Leadership (KYMCL) on Friday, October 27, organized a protest against the donation of 1,260 bags of rice by Senator Dino Melaye and his colleagues to civil servants in Kogi.
The youths carried banners and placards with inscriptions such as “Kogi is not IDP camp”, “Bags of rice cannot stop your recall.”
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KYMCL president, Mustapha Abdullahi, told journalists during the protest that the donation was carried out to mock the state.
Abdullahi called on all civil servants in Kogi to raise their heads above the parody of bags of rice from the senators.
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Source: Naija.ng