Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello on Friday presented 40 SUV cars and four Hilux vans to the state’s lawmakers and judges.

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He also presented 25 ambulances to local governments.
The governor also presented three brand new Fire Fighting Vans to the state’s Fire Service in Lokoja.

The Speaker of the House of Assembly, Umar Yusuf, got a Jeep and two supporting cars while his deputy, majority and other 22 members got one each in different classes and brands.
Nine of the cars went to the Judiciary for distribution to the benefitting judges of the state.

Presenting the vehicles in a colourful ceremony at the Muhammadu Buhari Square, Lokoja on Friday, Bello described the gesture as his own way of stimulating performance and rewarding hard work.

Mr Bello tasked the beneficiaries to see the gesture as part of encouragement to them to serve the state better towards its growth and development.

The governor said that out of the 25 ambulances, each of the 21 LGAs would have one for their Primary Health Care Centres, PHCs, while three would go to the three Referral Hospitals in the three senatorial districts as well as one to Kogi Specialist Hospital.

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