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There was a mild drama at the venue of the Kogi State staff screening appeal committee yesterday when a lady, Alalonu Vivian Salawu, confessed how one-time deputy governor of the state, Dr. Philip Salawu, approved her appointment as medical officer on grade level 13, step 6 despite her having only a secondary school certificate with four credits.

Immediately the anomaly was discovered, the lady who hails from Imo State, was referred to the quality assurance team of the committee where, on further interrogation, the fraud was uncovered.

She said, “The former deputy governor, Dr Philip Salawu, directed his personal assistant to write the application on my behalf and I was asked to sign. Salawu immediately recommended me for employment as medical officer, a directive which was immediately carried out by the permanent secretary.

“I was taking the salary to the wife of the former deputy governor’s wife through her personal assistant while they gave me only N15,000 every month. When they were about to leave government, Salawu quickly directed that I be converted to a clerical officer and I was posted  out of his office to the Office of the Head of Service.”

it was a double tragedy for lecturers and other employees of the Kogi State College of Education, Ankpa, who were recently declared ‘ghost workers’ by the Staff Audit Committee of the state government as they were dispossessed of their original certificates by armed men.

The lecturers were on their way to Lokoja to appeal their sack with the 32-member Staff Screening Complaints/Appeal Committee set up by the state government to entertain complaints arising from the staff audit when they were waylaid by armed men in Ankpa Local Council, Ojogobi.

The Zonal Chairman, Senior Staff Union of Colleges of Education in Nigeria, North Central Zone, Adaji Abraham Attai told The Guardian the workers were going for another round of screening.

“They were asked to come to Lokoja for their re-screening so they set out very early in the morning so as to arrive Lokoja in good time to meet with the appeal committee.

“Unfortunately, they ran into armed bandits, who stopped them at the outskirts of Ankpa, close to Ojogobi.” He said those affected were academic and non-academic staff of the College.

According to him, other vehicles on sighting the incidence from far turned back to avoid being robbed. Attai said the affected vehicle was conveying mostly women, adding that the robbers collected their bags and escaped into the bush with the hope of getting money.

“Unfortunately, many of them had their certificates in their bags. That was how they were made away with the certificates. “Fortunately a day after, the vigilance group later discovered some of the certificates and the bags in the bush during a search. He explained that the bandits were disappointed that the victims did not have much money on them and so they decided to abandon the bags in the bush.

Kogi is one of the states of Nigeria. It is placed in the central part of the country. Kogi state news calls it the state of confluence, as there is the junction of rivers Niger and Benue.

The municipal centre of the state, according to Kogi news today, is the town named Lokoja.

This state is one of the youngest, as it was formed in the year 1991 due to the confluence of two other states, and there are almost 4 million people living there.

Kogi news says that mostly this state is populated by the representatives of Igala, Ebira, Bassa and Okun. Each of these groups speaks its own dialect.

Due to its unique geographic location, the state is perfect for tourists. As they can visit interesting historical sight sites and natural amenities. Tourists can get acquainted with traditions and culture of people, living in the state for centuries. And they can buy some traditional handmade souvenirs.

The main source of profit for the state is agriculture. Most people work cultivation different kinds of crops, such as corn, coffee, yam, peanuts and rice. Also, a lot of people are involved in cattle breeding.

If to speak about the municipal centre, Lokoja, Kogi latest news informs, that it was built by British people and was a capital of British protectorate in the country.

Since then city became one of the most developed in the whole state, and nowadays it is the centre of its culture and trade. People from the whole Kogi state arrive at its capital to find a good job and to get a qualitative education.

There is a big number of plants, factories, universities, international companies placed in Lokoja.

Also, there is a big number of museums, theatres and other places of interest.

There are two TV channels, placed in the municipal centre of Kogi state.