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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-one local
government areas in the state. They
include Adavi, Ajaokuta, Ijumu,
Bassa, Omala, Dekina, Idah, Ankpa,
Yagba East and Kogi. Others are Ofu,
Okehi, Okene, Olamaboro, Yagba
West, Igalamela/Odolu, Ibaji, Ogori-
Magongo, Mopamuro, Kabba/Bunu,
Lokoja.
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 21 local
government in the state have primary
institutions. Institutions of higher
learning in the state include
College of Agriculture, Osara,
College of Agriculture, Kabba,
Federal Polytechnic, Idah; Federal
College of Education, 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 Anyigba
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