Who Runs Naija//Executive

Kogi State

A federating state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Capital: Lokoja. The governor is elected under section 176 of the 1999 Constitution.

Governor of Kogi State

What the Constitution says

s.176–179
Each state’s voters elect its Governor. To win outright, a candidate needs the most votes and at least a quarter of the votes in two-thirds of the state’s local government areas.
s.49
The House of Representatives has 360 members, each elected by one federal constituency of roughly equal population.
s.48
Each state elects three senators, one per senatorial district, and the FCT elects one: 109 in all.

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A member of the House of Representatives, Leke Abejide, has launched a grassroots mobilisation and empowerment drive targeting one million Yoruba residents across Kano State in support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027. Abejide, who repr
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