Kogi Assembly extends tenure of LG transition committee chairmen by 6 months The Kogi State House of Assembly has extended the tenure of the Local Government Transition Committee Chairmen by another six months. This decision was part of the resolution passed during the house plenary on Friday. The extension follows a letter to the House from Governor Usman Ododo, citing a paucity of funds and a high wage bill as reasons why local government elections cannot currently be conducted in the state. Speaker Rt. Hon. Umar Yusuf, who read the letter, urged...