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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has commended Kogi State Government for the implementation of 2014 revised Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS), and proper placement of doctors in the Kogi State Specialist Hospital (KSSH), Lokoja, and the entire state-own hospitals at large.

The commendation was made in a statement jointly signed by the Leadership of the North Central Caucus of NARD, the Leader, Dr Abdulquadri Idrisu; and the Deputy Leader Dr Emmanuel Bola Jonah Kelvin, on Monday, in Lokoja.

According to the statement, in the last one year, NARD had reached out to the government on the need to implement the CONMESS, both directly and from Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), KSSH Lokoja, ably led by its Immediate Past President, Dr Emmanuel Bola Jonah Kelvin.

“We are glad to note that each of our communications with the government, had set up cascades of events.”

“The government acted on our letters, communique’s, press releases, ultimatum and strike actions on the subject matter with a heart of understanding,” the statement reads.

They also commended the government on the giant strides on infrastructural development in the health sector so far and urged the government to sustain the effort.

The association noted that even though NARD was not yet where they wanted to be in Kogi State, they were glad that a huge step had been taken, and expressed their gratitude to the Kogi State Government.

“No doubt a major step in solving brain drain in Kogi State has been achieved, we look forward to consolidating these gains, with sustained investment in the health sector.

“The implementation of the new minimum wage and promotions are still outstanding. We are hopeful and expectant that in the near future this will also be the thing of the past,” NARD said.

The association expressed their unbridled appreciation to His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello, the Executive Governor of Kogi State, for the gesture, assuring their total commitment to saving the lives of the people of the state.

The association also thanked the State’s Commissioner for Health, Dr Saka Haruna Audu; the Commissioner for Finance, Dr Idris Ashiru; the State Auditor General, Mr Okala; and the State’s Accountant General, for their unalloyed support.

They further extended their appreciation to the immediate past and present NMA-KOGI Chairmen; Dr Kabir Zubair and Dr Oyiguh Omakoji respectively alongside their SOC.

“We appreciate the President of NARD, Dr Okhuaihesuyi Uyilawa and the National Officers Committee; the immediate past President of NARD, Dr Aliyu Sokumba and all our medical elders for their guidance in this struggle.

“Special appreciation to the CMD of Kogi State Specialist Hospital Lokoja, Prof. Yahaya Adagiri, the CMAC, Director of Administration, the HOD account and the OC salary. Past and present ARD KSSH Presidents; Dr Peter Nathaniel, Dr Audu Ademu and Dr Jimmy Idama, just to mention a few, for providing great leadership in this struggle.”

Kogi resident doctors commend govt on implementation of CONMESS, proper placement of members

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Kogi Tops States With Reduced Domestic Debts, Highest FDI; Linked to Bello's Stance on Covid-19 and Security Strides

The approach by Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state in the fight against Corona Virus, especially the No-Lockdown Policy and the open economic activities has yielded another result in the recently released statistical report of states with reduced domestic debts for 2020.

Having reduced it's local debt profile by over N59.15billion, Kogi has emerged the number one state with reduced domestic debts in the country according to a report by statisense, collected from documents of the Debt Management Office, and wildly reported on national media.

The report showed Kogi state leading other States like Katsina, the FCT, Edo, Ekiti Kaduna, Imo, which also reduced their respective debt profile as reported by the Debt Management Office.

Kogi has also emerged state with the highest foreign direct investments (FDI) worth over $1billion in Nigeria according to the Nigerian Investments Promotion Commission (NIPC).

These feats have also been attributed to the sound financial management of the Governor whom has demonstrated an intelligent approach in handling the state debt profile which he met at a dissatisfying state.

The refusal of the Kogi state Governor to lockdown the economy while every other state was down, the security situation of the state which has improved majorly to be among the most secured state in Nigeria and likened to Yahaya Bello's support to security agencies, empowerment of local vigilante, use of Intel report, provision of vehicles and building of security outfits across the state has also been attributed to these feats.
The Governor's support to women and youth in Governance have as well contributed to the high ranking profile of the state today.

It can also be recalled that Kogi State Government was a beneficiary of the World Bank grant component of the World-Bank Assisted States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS).

Governor Yahaya Bello has pledged his commitment to continue to implement realistic financial policies that would guarantee prosperity for its people while it remained prudent and transparent in it's financial activities and engagements.

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