Lokoja — Since the beginning, Ojoto, a small, sleepy roadside village in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State had been untouched by the slightest sprinkle of modernity. The only footpath that cuts through this promising but developmentally deprived village is so narrow it is barely convenient to ride a motor cycle on it.
From Ogbabo, people used to travel to Ojoto only once in a year only when there was a joint traditional engagement. "Our village simply didn't exist on the map of the world," said Daniel Ocheja, a lifelong native of Ojoto. "We were cut off from the rest of the world, including our immediate neighbours in Ogbabo with whom we share many cultural and historical ties, because we had no roads."
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