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Kogi State is the most centrally located of all the
states of the federation. It comprises of the Igala,
Ebira, Kabba and Kogi divisions of the former Kabba
province. Kogi State shares common boundaries with
Niger, Nassarawa and the Federal Capital Territory
to the north. To the east, the state is bounded by
Benue State, and to the south by Anambra and Enugu
states and to the west by Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and Kwara
States.
There are twenty local government areas in the
state. They include Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ijumu, Bassa,
Dekina, Idah, Ankpa, East Yagba and Kogi. Others are
Ofu, Okehi, Okene, Olamaboro, Oyi and West Yagba,
Olale Igalometa, Ibaji Ogori/ Magongo, Kopamuro.
The State is blessed with suitable ecological and
climatic conditions. It is therefore possible to
produce various agricultural products including yam,
cassava, soya bean, cocoyam, maize, millet, rice,
guinea corn, palm produce, cowpea and others.
The State's rich agricultural endowment is reflected
in its capacity to produce cash crops like cocoa,
coffee and cashew.
Kogi State is blessed with strategic minerals. These
include iron ore, mica, marble, limestone, coal,
crude oil. Others include; gold, kaolin, casserite,
columbite, tantalite, feldspar and dolomite.
Significantly, the nation's premier iron and steel
complex is located at Ajaokuta.
Industrially, Kogi State is an investors' haven, the
state has a number of Industrial ventures which
include Ajaokuta Iron and Steel complex, Jakura
Marble, Valley Food, Mopa Okura Sawmill, Idah
Ceramic Company, oil palm Company, Nigeria Iron-Ore
Manufacturing Company.
The state is richly endowed in tourist attractions
and has no less than twenty-three tourist centres
concentrated in the state. Important festivals
include the nationally acclaimed Ovia festival among
the Ogori and Mangogo people.
On health services, the state has 13 public
hospitals located at Lokoja, Okene, Obangede, Kabba,
Ogori, Mopa Koton-Karfe, Dekina, Idah, Iyale, Ankpa
and Oguma.
It has Schools of Nursing at Obangede, Egbe and Idah
which have continued to receive financial and
material support to ensure their stability.
Education is the state's main social industry. Each
of the 20 local governments in the state have
primary institutions. Institutions of higher
learning in the state include College of
Agriculture, Osara, College of Agriculture, Kebba,
Federal Polytechnic, Idah; Federal Advanced Teachers
College, Okene; School of Health Technology, Idah;
College of Education, Ankpa; School of Nursing,
Obangede and School of Midwifery Egbe.
A State University is also located at Ayangba.
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