Kogi State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Fanwo has reaffirmed Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo’s unrelenting effort in ensuring that government officials exhibit high ethical conduct and be accountable to their people.
The Commissioner who made the remark while receiving an award of Ambassador of Ethics and Conscience from a Non-Governmental Organization, Center for Ethics and Self Value Orientation in his office in Lokoja, today.
Hon. Fanwo commended the Center for the prestigious Award, stressing that the organization was doing the right thing Nigeria needed at the moment which is value orientation in order to position the nation among the top Countries of the world, assuring the citizens trust in government as all necessary procedures are been followed.
“What you are doing for Nigeria is what Nigeria needs. We need value orientation. We need value reorientation. We need to learn, unlearn, and continue to learn until we are able to position our Country in such a way that we will be able to match with the rest of the global community that are doing things right.” Fanwo emphasized.
Fanwo reiterated that Governor Ododo is a good leader because he demonstrated good and quality leadership at all levels, saying Governor Ododo had signed into law an inbuilt mechanism to check corruption and abuse of power in the mode of ICPC and EFCC in the state.
He described the act as a system that is anchored on due process, transparency, and accountability.
Earlier, the Executive Director of the Organisation, Prince Salihu Musa Yakubu highlighted that the Award tagged “Ambassador of Ethics and Conscience” was specially designed for people who have distinguished themselves in their careers.
According to the Executive Director, the vision of the past heroes were yet to be realized due to corruption in the national system, stressing that the Commissioner was singled out for the award because of his integrity and quality services being rendered to the people of the State, noting that having traced his antecedents in the past ten years, there has been no traces of corruption in his name.
He said corruption had eaten deep into the Country because of poor moral and ethical values, adding that those who have lived above board, like the Commissioner, should be celebrated.
Prince Salihu emphasized that they do not let MDAs know when they are been secretly investigated to avoid any possible influence on their job and to guarantee quality assurance in their job against corruption and reportarge.
While analysing the result of their thorough research, the Executive Director stated that Kogi Information Ministry had been ranked amongst the shortlisted top 23 MDAS/10 LGAs in state, top 10 states Ministry of information in which it had been ranked 2nd position overall in Nigeria and 1st in North Central Zone.
For the excellent performance of the Hon. Commissioner at helm of affairs of the Ministry, the organisation had granted a special privilege of having 100 staff of the Ministry to be trained latest May 2026, with 60% expenses on the organization and 40% on the Ministry, describing the gesture as a reward for winning the award.
Prince Sally commended Hon. Fanwo for doing a lot of reforms in the information sector and for reducing internal corrupt tendencies in the Ministry, stressing that the public perception about his leadership is commendable.
The Core Management Staff of the Ministry also received letters of commendation for outstanding professional ethics compliance and quality public service delivery, noting that such letters would add value to their career for life and giving them more opportunistic in promotion and elevation.
In his closing remarks, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr Celestine Idoko (mni) commnnded the organization for the prestigious award, celebrating the Hon. Commissioner for his exceptional leadership and assured him of continued commitment by the management and entire staff members.
