Via Abah Benjamin Eneojoh
Lokoja
October 14, 2026
Kogi State Governor, His Excellency Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has flagged off the distribution of meals baskets and Kings Soya Oil donated by means of Qatar Charity in Nigeria to fortify much less privileged individuals and Internally Displaced Individuals (IDPs) within the state.
The initiative is geared toward offering aid to prone households and serving to them meet a few of their elementary meals wishes.
Talking on the flag-off rite in Lokoja on Wednesday, Governor Ododo represented by means of his Deputy, Comrade Joel Salifu, liked Qatar Charity for the donation, describing it as an illustration of the organisation’s dedication to humanitarian provider and the welfare of prone other people.
The Governor reaffirmed his management’s dedication to decreasing hardship, bettering the dwelling prerequisites of citizens and making sure that no person used to be left in the back of.
He famous that partnerships with humanitarian organisations and building companions remained crucial to complementing executive efforts to fortify deprived participants of society.
Governor Ododo directed the Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation and Humanitarian Affairs and different officers overseeing the distribution to make certain that the pieces reached the meant beneficiaries transparently, reasonably and with out discrimination.
He also referred to as on different organisations, well-meaning Kogites and building companions to fortify the state’s humanitarian efforts and give a contribution to bettering the lives of prone citizens.
The Governor expressed hope that the donation would carry significant aid to beneficiary households and beef up the partnership between the Kogi State Executive and Qatar Charity in Nigeria.
Previous, the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Hajia Rabietu Okute, thanked Qatar Charity for its fortify for the fewer privileged within the state.
She confident that her ministry would proceed to paintings with donors and humanitarian organisations to supply help to prone other people. She additionally pledged that the donated pieces would achieve the meant beneficiaries.
In a similar fashion, the Welfare Officer I of Qatar Charity Nigeria, Mr. Nuhu Albee Musa, who represented the Nation Director, thanked the Kogi State Executive for accepting the organisation’s request to spouse with the state.
He defined that Qatar Charity have been working in Nigeria for roughly six years, offering fortify to prone other people, sponsoring scholars, aiding Internally Displaced Individuals and construction properties for the fewer privileged.
Mr. Musa disclosed that the present intervention would to start with receive advantages 500 individuals, expressing optimism that the connection established with the state executive would result in extra humanitarian interventions one day.
Talking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Fatima Yakubu thanked the State Executive and Qatar Charity for remembering the fewer privileged at a time when many households wanted fortify. She in particular thanked Governor Ododo for partnering with organisations that offer help to deficient and prone other people.