Colonel Bzigu Lassa Afakirya was the Military Administrator of Kogi State

Kogi State

Kogi state is found in the central region of Nigeria. It is popularly called the Confluence State because the confluence of River Niger and River Benue is at its capital, Lokoja, which is the first administrative capital of modern-day Nigeria....

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Nigeria

Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...

 from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha

Sani Abacha

General Sani Abacha was a Nigerian military leader and politician. A Kanuri from Borno by tribe, he was born and brought up in Kano, Nigeria. He was the de facto President of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998....

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When he assumed office he dissolved and reconstituted the Local Government Service Commission.
Following the return to democracy, as a former military administrator he was required to retire from the army.
In October 2005 he was awarded fellowship of the Kogi State Polytechnic

Kogi State Polytechnic

Kogi State Polytechnic was established in 1993, and is located in Lokoja, Kogi State, Nigeria. It is owned and operated by Kogi State.As of 2007 it was accredited by the National Board for Technical Education to give certificates in Art and printing, Business, Engineering, Finance and Science...

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