Kogi State Government and key political stakeholders in the State have assured to deliver “overwhelming” support for President Bola Tinubu and the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) in next year’s general elections, citing an array of federal and state infrastructure projects that have revitalized the economy.
The assurances followed a three-day tour of projects led by the Presidential Media Team and the Renewed Hope Ambassadors.
Director of Media for the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Tunde Rahman in a statement said the delegation inspected a mix of federal and state projects across the State, including a newly resurfaced 15-kilometer internal road network in Gbede, drainage works, a newly built primary health center and the federal reconstruction of the Kabba–Egbe–Omuaran–Ilorin highway.
“Kogi people are happy with the projects and want more,” Kingsley Fanwo, the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, said at Gbede.
“Come January 2027, they will show their appreciation at the polls by voting for President Tinubu and the APC at all levels.”
Chief Sunday Dare, the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications who led the team, described the sites as evidence that the administration’s “Renewed Hope” agenda is translating into tangible gains.
He pointed to the road work, health centers and what he said were renewed investments in education, security and human capital as signs of progress.
“We have just driven through a 15-kilometer internal road network in this town,” Dare said, adding that the federal government had approved reconstruction of the Kabba–Ilorin route, a corridor dormant for decades.
“The goal is to reconstruct and rehabilitate roads in strategic corridors to boost connectivity and movement of goods.”
Among projects the team visited were rural roads around Okene; a 16-hectare international market in Lokoja now reported at roughly 50% completion and expected to be finished in about 18 months; and the Federal Teaching Hospital in Lokoja, the state capital.
Dare also noted the presence of industrial activity—citing nearby BUA and Mangal cement plants—as evidence of the economic multiplier effect of better roads.
State officials used the visit to spotlight the administration’s contributions.
Tosin Olokun, Chairman of Yagba West Local Government, and Joseph Oluwasegun, commissioner for environment and an indigene of Egbe, praised Governor Usman Ododo for what they called unprecedented development in the area, and noted two local appointees to the state cabinet.
Barrister Deedat, Kogi’s Commissioner for works, guided the delegation through inner-city concrete-paved roads, bridges and erosion-control sites in Okene, and credited both state and federal leadership for the projects. Frederick Nwabufo, senior special assistant to the president on public engagement, said the administration has prioritized roads because of their broad economic impact.
