By 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 Qatar Charity in Nigeria to help much less privileged individuals and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state.
The initiative is geared toward offering aid to weak households and serving to them meet some of their primary meals wants.
Speaking on the flag-off ceremony in Lokoja on Wednesday, Governor Ododo represented by his Deputy, Comrade Joel Salifu, appreciated Qatar Charity for the donation, describing it as an indication of the organisation’s dedication to humanitarian service and the welfare of weak individuals.
The Governor reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to lowering hardship, bettering the residing circumstances of residents and making certain that nobody was left behind.
He famous that partnerships with humanitarian organisations and improvement companions remained important to complementing authorities efforts to help deprived members of society.
Governor Ododo directed the Commissioner for Poverty Alleviation and Humanitarian Affairs and different officers overseeing the distribution to be certain that the gadgets reached the meant beneficiaries transparently, pretty and with out discrimination.
He additionally known as on different organisations, well-meaning Kogites and improvement companions to help the state’s humanitarian efforts and contribute to bettering the lives of weak residents.
The Governor expressed hope that the donation would convey significant aid to beneficiary households and strengthen the partnership between the Kogi State Government and Qatar Charity in Nigeria.
Earlier, the Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Hajia Rabietu Okute, thanked Qatar Charity for its help for the much less privileged in the state.
She assured that her ministry would proceed to work with donors and humanitarian organisations to present help to weak individuals. She additionally pledged that the donated gadgets would attain the meant beneficiaries.
Similarly, the Welfare Officer I of Qatar Charity Nigeria, Mr. Nuhu Albee Musa, who represented the Country Director, thanked the Kogi State Government for accepting the organisation’s request to accomplice with the state.
He defined that Qatar Charity had been working in Nigeria for about six years, offering help to weak individuals, sponsoring college students, aiding Internally Displaced Persons and constructing homes for the much less privileged.
Mr. Musa disclosed that the present intervention would initially profit 500 individuals, expressing optimism that the connection established with the state authorities would lead to extra humanitarian interventions in the longer term.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Fatima Yakubu thanked the State Government and Qatar Charity for remembering the much less privileged at a time when many households wanted help. She notably thanked Governor Ododo for partnering with organisations that present help to poor and weak individuals.
