The deputy governor of Kogi State is the second-highest officer in the executive branch of the government of Kogi State, Nigeria, after the governor of Kogi State, and ranks first in line of succession. The deputy governor is directly elected together with the governor to a four-year term of office.
Salifu Joel is the current deputy governor, having assumed office on 27 January 2024.
Responsibilities The deputy governor assists the governor in exercising primary assignments and is also eligible to replace a dead, impeached, absent or ill Governor as required by the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.
List of deputy governors Name Took office Left office Time in office Party Elected GovernorPatrick Adaba29 May 199929 May 2003All People's Party1999Abubakar AuduPhilip Salawu29 May 20036 February 2008Peoples Democratic Party20032007Ibrahim Idris5 April 200826 January 20122008Yomi Awoniyi27 January 201227 January 2016Peoples Democratic Party2011Idris WadaSimon Achuba9 February 201618 October 2019All Progressives Congress2015Yahaya BelloEdward Onoja21 October 201927 January 2024All Progressives Congress2019Salifu Joel27 January 2024IncumbentAll Progressives Congress2023Usman Ododo
See also List of governors of Kogi State
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