PROGRAMS


Government Development Agenda

A key development objective of Government is to grow the economy to rapidly achieve accelerated development and industrialisation. The oil and gas and iron and steel industries are known to contribute significantly to the strong economic growth of countries that produce them. It is anticipated that the development of the oil and gas and iron and steel industries will be a source of accelerated growth, poverty reduction and general prosperity to the people of Nigeria. The active involvement of Kogites in the oil and gas and iron and steel development, through local content and participation, is emerging as a major policy issue.

The production of oil and gas and iron and steel will contribute to the socio-economic development of kogi state and indeed bring prosperity to Kogians. It is the desire of the Government and people that the control as well as the benefits from the oil and gas and iron and steel industries revamping and production will remain with kogians.
This desire is however constrained by limitations in the following areas:

·        Finance;
·        Human resource capacity; and
·        Technology.

Recognizing this fact, civil society and the organized private sector is advocating for the government and particularly the present administration, to emplace the goal of developing a local content and participation policy that define actions as well as  ensure that the constraints/challenges bedevilling other extractive resource endowed areas are resolved to enable Kogians take control and thus maximise the benefits to them and the Nigerian state.
The major challenges regarding the resource sub sectors ( like iron and steel and oil and gas may be identified to include:

·        How to develop the oil and gas and iron and steel industries with optimal local content and participation; Enhance state and national development, create jobs;
·        How to manage effectively the potential revenue from oil and gas and iron and steel production and processing and the value chain;
·        How to ensure security for the oil and gas and iron and steel installations and the industries as a whole; and
·        How to ensure environmental sustainability.

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PROFILE OF HIS EXCELLENCY, CAPT. IDRIS I. WADA, GOVERNOR OF KOGI STATE His Excellency, Capt. Idris I. Wada was born on August 26, 1950 in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. He was a successful businessman and an accomplished pilot with over 35 years in the aviation industry before going into politics. He became a first-class flying instructor at the young age of twenty-three (23) and has been credited with training some of the best pilots produced in Nigeria. At the age of 29, Capt. Idris Wada joined the then national carrier, Nigerian Airways as a line pilot where he rose to the rank of “Pilot in Command’’. In 1983, he joined the United Air Services (UAS) where he rose to the position of Chief Pilot and General Manager, within a very short period. In 1985, Capt. Wada founded the Executive Aviation Service (EAS) with some other pilots making him one of the pioneer indigenous airline operators in Nigeria. He attended several simulator conversion/recurrent flight training programmes at Varig Airlines, Lufthansa Airlines, Frankfurt, Sabena Airlines, Pan-am Flight Academy Miami, and many other high quality facilities. His other professional qualifications include Aviation Diploma, Commercial Pilot Certificate, and Flying Instructor Certificate. He possesses the Nigerian Airline Transport License No. 992, British Airline Transport Pilot License No. 104990, USA/FAA Air Transport Rating No. 2223411 and qualified Flight Instructor rating (QFI) UK. He also has Certified Flight Instructor Rating UK, and Certified Flight Examiner, UK and Nigeria. In 2006 he completed his MBA Programme at the University of Abuja, where he had earlier obtained his B.Sc. degree in Business Administration. His varied working experience include being a flight instructor at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria, from 1973-1978 and Nigerian Airways Pilot from 1978-1982. He also worked at the United Air Services as Chief Pilot and General Manager from 1982-1985. At the Executive Aviation Services Nigeria Limited, he was the Chief Executive from 1985-1988 and also served at Nicon Airways Ltd as Executive Vice Chairman, a position he held until he was elected Governor of Kogi State in December 2011. Capt. Idris Wada has also held several national and public appointments including the following: Chairman Ministerial Committee on Airline operations, 2006; Chairman, NACAA Operations for ICAO Audit, 2006 and Chairman, Governing council, Federal College of Education Technical, Potiskum, Yobe State 2009 to 2011. Capt. Wada has delivered several lectures and presentations at seminars and workshops in Nigeria and abroad over the last 20years. He has distinguished himself both in the public and private sectors of Nigerian economy as a humble, trustworthy and effective leader. He is happily married with children and grand children.