A novelty football match rounded off Kogi State's 2026 Civil Service Week, with the team representing the Accountant-General emerging as winners, according to Realnews Magazine.
The fixture was one of several activities marking the week, which the state government used to bring workers together outside their usual offices.
Other events reported by the Kogi State Government included a health walk through the streets of Lokoja, led by the Head of Service, who used the occasion to call for a fitter workforce. The walk was framed under the theme "One Service, One Family," a message aimed at turning colleagues into companions.
Workers also held a thanksgiving service as part of the week's programme. At that gathering, the chaplain of the Christian Fellowship said Kogi would move forward.
The week's activities point to a deliberate mix of fitness, faith and recreation in this year's calendar. The state government's own accounts of the health walk and thanksgiving service, alongside Realnews Magazine's report on the football match, show a programme built around staff welfare and unity rather than official business alone.
Details of the match itself — the scoreline, venue and lineup — were not included in the available reporting.
What to watch next: whether Kogi State publishes a fuller account of the week's events, including results and any plans to make the novelty match a recurring fixture.
