Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia
Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has made new appointments into various offices and as well constituted statutory boards in some Commissions in the State.
A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Tersoo Kula, said the appointments were to take immediate effect.
The statement named Linda Ene Agada as Special Adviser on MSMEs/Microfinance, Hon. James Tor, Special Adviser on Politics, Mobilisation & Special Duties, Dr. Shadrach Ukuma, Director-General, Arts, Culture & Tourism and Tivlumun Bulya, Personal Assistant on Benue State House of Assembly Matters.
Other appointments as disclosed by the Governor’s spokesman were for the Benue State Pension Commission which has Mbajwa Zungwega Nicholas as Chairman, Cmrd. Umaja A. Alloysius, member, Asen Sambe, Member, Special Adviser, Local Government & Chieftaincy Affairs,, member, Commissioner for Finance, member, Chairman, Local Government Service Commission, member, Head of Service, member and Director-General, Benue State Planning Commission as member.
Similarly, Benue Investment and Property Company (BIPC) has Chief Elizabeth Shuluwa as Chairman, Andrew Aondofa Chila, member, Ashi Iortyom Donald, member, John Ochonye Oyishoma, member, Commissioner for Trade & Industry, member and the Commissioner for Justice & Attorney General of the State as member.
As to Benue Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), Kula informed in the statement that the Governor approved Ande Clement Shianti, member, Anyam Terzungwe Jeremiah, member.
Elizabeth Onekele, member, Representative, Ministry of Finance, member and Representative, Ministry of Agriculture, member.
Kula further noted that Governor Alia urged the newly appointed officials to bring their wealth of experience, commitment, and professionalism to bear in the discharge of their duties.
While emphasizing that the appointments were part of the administration’s determination to strengthen governance structures and drive sustainable development across the state, the governor also called on the appointees to see their positions as a call to service and assured that his administration would remain resolute in delivering on its mandate to transform Benue State for the benefit of all.
